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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> 1999-12-31 OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@gnu.org>
* stage2/builtins.c (setup_func) [!NO_BUGGY_BIOS_IN_THE_WORLD]: * stage2/builtins.c (setup_func) [!NO_BUGGY_BIOS_IN_THE_WORLD]:

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@ifinfo @ifinfo
Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 96 Bryan Ford <baford@@cs.utah.edu> Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 96 Bryan Ford <baford@@cs.utah.edu>
Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 96 Erich Stefan Boleyn <erich@@uruk.org> 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 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
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@vskip 0pt plus 1filll @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 96 Bryan Ford <baford@@cs.utah.edu> Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 96 Bryan Ford <baford@@cs.utah.edu>
Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 96 Erich Stefan Boleyn <erich@@uruk.org> 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 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice 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 The last field @samp{reserved} is reserved for future use, and must be
zero. The size is four bytes. zero. The size is four bytes.
@c I'll write the descriptions about config_table, boot_loader_name and If bit 8 in the @samp{flags} is set, then the @samp{config_table} field
@c apm_tabel. Just wait for a while. - okuji 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 @node Examples