linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/12] i386 boot: Add an ELF header to bzImage

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Date:	Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:25:54 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
CC:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, vgoyal@...ibm.com,
	linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Reloc Kernel List <fastboot@...ts.osdl.org>, ak@...e.de,
	horms@...ge.net.au, lace@...kratochvil.net, magnus.damm@...il.com,
	lwang@...hat.com, dzickus@...hat.com, maneesh@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/12] i386 boot: Add an ELF header to bzImage

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:13:12 -0600
> ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:
> 
>> Do things work better if you don't specify a vga=xxx mode?
> 
> yes, without vga=0x263 it boots.

vga= actually patches a specific offset in the boot sector.  We don't 
actually have 512 bytes, we have some 500-ish bytes plus a small patch 
area at the end.

	-hpa
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