Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:31:25 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit (ping) |
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Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > > Better patch. > I've noticed that this code sets esi but then reference using si... So > fixed to > use esi (It worked so far since we are in low area... But I think using > the same > register type is cleaner...) >
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...)
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