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Documentation/i386/boot.txt: update and correct
authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Wed, 9 May 2007 03:37:02 +0000 (20:37 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 9 May 2007 03:47:51 +0000 (20:47 -0700)
commit0732a7506ecaa1d061c540a2fe66d3fd9c2a0cd3
treee8707521df8b4d2ea97a8b2fed33a49721cd151a
parent15cb9a05f8576a5b1311566150693ca753d30415
Documentation/i386/boot.txt: update and correct

In the process of rewriting the x86 setup code, I found a number of
inaccuracies and outdated recommendations in the boot protocol
documentation.  Revamp to make it more up to date.

In particular, the common use of the heap actually requires (slightly)
more than 4K of heap plus stack, which is the recommended amount in
the document; currently the code compensates by being smaller than
specified, but we can't assume that will be true forever.  Thus,
recommend that if we have a modern bzImage kernel, that the bootloader
maximizes the available space.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/i386/boot.txt