On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 15:05, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/15/2011 12:54 PM, Michael Witten wrote: >> >>>> -01F4/4   2.04+(2 syssize     The size of the 32-bit code in 16-byte paras >>>> +01F4/4   2.04+(2 sys_size    ÂThe size of the 32-bit code >>> >>> Why drop the "in 16-byte paragraphs" part? >> >> Two reasons: >> >> Â* The whole word "paragraphs" wouldn't fit nicely on the line. >> >> Â* That detail is already explained in the full description of sys_size >>  Â(which is where such information belongs): >> >>   ÂField name:   Âsys_size >>   ÂType:      Âread >>   ÂOffset/size:   0x1f4/4 (protocol 2.04+) 0x1f4/2 (protocol ALL) >>   ÂProtocol:    Â2.04+ >> >>    ÂThe size of the protected-mode code in units of 16-byte paragraphs. >>    ÂFor protocol versions older than 2.04, this field is only two bytes >>    Âwide and therefore cannot be trusted for the size of a kernel if >>    Âthe LOAD_HIGH flag is set. >> > > No. ÂThis is just begging for people who don't read the full text to do > it wrong. All right; I'll revert that change, force a branch update in my public repository and then send a new pull request with the updates. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
