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Message-ID: <20121026031702.GA23828@www.outflux.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:17:02 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86, doc: fix grammar and typo in boot.txt
Fixes some minor issues in the x86 boot documentation.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index 9efceff..f15cb74 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ boot_params as that of 16-bit boot protocol, the boot loader should
also fill the additional fields of the struct boot_params as that
described in zero-page.txt.
-After setupping the struct boot_params, the boot loader can load the
+After setting up the struct boot_params, the boot loader can load the
32/64-bit kernel in the same way as that of 16-bit boot protocol.
In 32-bit boot protocol, the kernel is started by jumping to the
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ In 32-bit boot protocol, the kernel is started by jumping to the
At entry, the CPU must be in 32-bit protected mode with paging
disabled; a GDT must be loaded with the descriptors for selectors
__BOOT_CS(0x10) and __BOOT_DS(0x18); both descriptors must be 4G flat
-segment; __BOOS_CS must have execute/read permission, and __BOOT_DS
+segment; __BOOT_CS must have execute/read permission, and __BOOT_DS
must have read/write permission; CS must be __BOOT_CS and DS, ES, SS
must be __BOOT_DS; interrupt must be disabled; %esi must hold the base
address of the struct boot_params; %ebp, %edi and %ebx must be zero.
--
1.7.9.5
--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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