Re: [PATCH] x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocol

[Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>]

On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 18:50 +0100, Philipp Kohlbecher 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@gmx.de>

Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>

The padding after the real-mode code which you mention is just the
implicit padding because the size of the real-mode code is specified in
sectors (and hence is rounded up), isn't it?

Is it worth saying that the payload_offset is relative to (setup_sectors
+1) * 512?

> 
> ---
> 
>   Documentation/x86/boot.txt |    4 ++--
>   1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
> index 83c0033..414b6fb 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
> @@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ Type:		read
>   Offset/size:	0x248/4
>   Protocol:	2.08+
> 
> -  If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the end of the
> -  real-mode code to the payload.
> +  If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the beginning
> +  of the protected-mode code to the payload.
> 
>     The payload may be compressed. The format of both the compressed and
>     uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic
> 
-- 
Ian Campbell

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