Re: [PATCH] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit(ping)

[H. Peter Anvin]

Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> On 8/28/06, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Totally pointless since we're in 16-bit mode (as is the "incl %esi")...
> > I guess it's "better" in the sense that if we run out of that we'll
> > crash due to a segment overrun... maybe (some BIOSes leave us
> > unknowningly in big real mode...)
>
> So leave as is? Loading address into esi and reference as si?
> Or modify the whole code to use 16 bits?

Probably modifying the whole code to use 16 bits, unless there is a 
specific reason not to (Matt?)

	-hpa

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