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add the descriptions about config_table and boot_loader_name into the Multiboot Specification.

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2000-01-03 OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@gnu.org>
* docs/multiboot.texi (Boot information format): Added the
descriptions about the fields "config_table" and
"boot_loader_name".
1999-12-31 OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@gnu.org>
* stage2/builtins.c (setup_func) [!NO_BUGGY_BIOS_IN_THE_WORLD]:

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@ifinfo
Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 96 Bryan Ford <baford@@cs.utah.edu>
Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 96 Erich Stefan Boleyn <erich@@uruk.org>
Copyright @copyright{} 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright @copyright{} 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
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Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 96 Bryan Ford <baford@@cs.utah.edu>
Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 96 Erich Stefan Boleyn <erich@@uruk.org>
Copyright @copyright{} 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright @copyright{} 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
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The last field @samp{reserved} is reserved for future use, and must be
zero. The size is four bytes.
@c I'll write the descriptions about config_table, boot_loader_name and
@c apm_tabel. Just wait for a while. - okuji
If bit 8 in the @samp{flags} is set, then the @samp{config_table} field
is valid, and indicates the address of the @sc{rom} configuration table
returned by the @dfn{GET CONFIGURATION} @sc{bios} call. If the @sc{bios}
call fails, then the size of the table must be @emph{zero}.
If bit 9 in the @samp{flags} is set, the @samp{boot_loader_name} field
is valid, and contains the physical address of the name of the boot
loader booting the kernel. The name is a normal C-style zero-terminated
string.
@c I haven't defined the apm_table field yet. - okuji
@node Examples