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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:28:24 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit
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Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> On 8/28/06, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> 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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