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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-12-11 19:55:58 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-12-11 19:55:58 -0800 |
| commit | 507447473756e316f3f182324071389a51736a83 (patch) | |
| tree | 39afec5235c3309179ee4da23866f20604a3d1e2 /Documentation | |
| parent | 0019fab3558c8c8135c88c3d38f24ab0a5408aa6 (diff) | |
| parent | 6e87f9b7e48e165cb8e6092b9abe682e7065614a (diff) | |
Merge branch 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 boot changes from Ingo Molnar:
"Two small changes: a cleanup and allow CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE to be turned
off on SFI as well."
* 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
arch/x86/Kconfig: Allow turning off CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE when either ACPI or SFI is present
x86/boot/doc: Fix grammar and typo in boot.txt
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 9efceff51bfb..f15cb74c4f78 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ boot_params as that of 16-bit boot protocol, the boot loader should also fill the additional fields of the struct boot_params as that described in zero-page.txt. -After setupping the struct boot_params, the boot loader can load the +After setting up the struct boot_params, the boot loader can load the 32/64-bit kernel in the same way as that of 16-bit boot protocol. In 32-bit boot protocol, the kernel is started by jumping to the @@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ In 32-bit boot protocol, the kernel is started by jumping to the At entry, the CPU must be in 32-bit protected mode with paging disabled; a GDT must be loaded with the descriptors for selectors __BOOT_CS(0x10) and __BOOT_DS(0x18); both descriptors must be 4G flat -segment; __BOOS_CS must have execute/read permission, and __BOOT_DS +segment; __BOOT_CS must have execute/read permission, and __BOOT_DS must have read/write permission; CS must be __BOOT_CS and DS, ES, SS must be __BOOT_DS; interrupt must be disabled; %esi must hold the base address of the struct boot_params; %ebp, %edi and %ebx must be zero. |