Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:19:23 -0400 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: For comment: draft BIOS use document for the kernel |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > I could not find any reference to BIOS int 0x15, function 0x87, block- > > move, used to copy the kernel to above the 1 megabyte real-mode > > boundary. I think this is still used. > > I dont think the kernel has ever used it. The path has always been to enter > 32bit mode then relocate/uncompress the kernel, then run it
It's in arch/i386/boot/setup.S, after label bootsect_second. It's only used with bzImage kernels and the floppy bootsector.
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