linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocol

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Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:06:01 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@....de>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocol


* Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@....de> wrote:

> Documentation/x86/boot.txt describes payload_offset as the offset
> from the end of the real-mode code. In fact, it is more accurately
> described as the offset from the beginning of the protected-mode
> code, as (a) this is how it is actually calculated and (b) the padding
> after the real-mode code is not included in the offset.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@....de>
>
> ---
>
>  Documentation/x86/boot.txt |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

applied to tip/x86/doc, thanks!

	Ingo
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