Re: [PATCH] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit(ping)

[H. Peter Anvin]

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...)

	-hpa
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