On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 9:41 AM, K Arun Kumar <ziconium03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > I was looking at the x86 boot code - I found this - > "boot_params.hdr.realmode"_swtch. why are these real mode > switch hooks required ? Is this any boot param passed to > the kernel cmd line ? Any pointers to read more about this ?? A quick google found this: http://weichong78.blogspot.ca/2008/09/real-mode-bootparams-and-header.html > > Regards, > Arun > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies