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From: Ron Minnich <rminnich@p9f.org>
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Nix/regen: multiboot flags
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 07:30:19 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJPCErkPjrTkLr=oyOYsr=nWRhrNoSBDK8e10rwUGi=nzwGyEA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Z5jCA24aLYrGtSpW@kergis.com>

all that does is set the lowest two bytes, which is fine.

On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM <tlaronde@kergis.com> wrote:
> 
> In l32p.s, the multiboot flags in the the mbi are set as
> 
> $0x00010007
> 
> but I don't find flags definitions relative to the higher word,
> neither in the multiboot v1 spec, nor in the enum in multiboot.c. They
> are all limited to the two lowest bytes.
> 
> What is the purpose of the:
> 
> $0x00010007
>       ^
> 
> Typo?
> --
> Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ kergis +dot+ com>
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  reply	other threads:[~2025-01-28 15:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-28 11:39 tlaronde
2025-01-28 15:30 ` Ron Minnich [this message]
2025-01-28 15:45 ` Paul Lalonde
2025-01-28 17:08   ` tlaronde

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