Thread (2 messages) flat view 2 messages, 2 authors, 2012-09-23

Real mode switch hooks ??

From: Bill Traynor <hidden>
Date: 2012-09-23 13:46:10

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 9:41 AM, K Arun Kumar [off-list ref] wrote:
Hi
     I was looking at the x86 boot code - I found this -
"boot_params.hdr.realmode"_swtch. why are these real mode
switch hooks required ? Is this any boot param passed to
the kernel cmd line ? Any pointers to read more about this ??
A quick google found this:

http://weichong78.blogspot.ca/2008/09/real-mode-bootparams-and-header.html
Regards,
Arun


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