Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux should not set the "PnP OS" boot flag | Date | Sun, 7 Oct 2001 15:18:00 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Yes (if you mean: clears the "Booting" flag). This is a different > flag from the PnP-OS flag. The PnP-OS flag is bit 0; the "Booting" > flag is bit 1. So this is a separate issue.
Its very much the same issue. Only a marked successful PnP boot counts for anything
> But look at the code (following). The code DOES NOT clear the "Booting" > flag. It ONLY sets the PnP-OS flag. Not only that: when it does so > it fails to change bit 7 in order to preserve odd parity, as the spec > requires.
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