Re: Linux 2.4.0-ac10

[Andrzej Krzysztofowicz]

Hi Alan,

--- linux-2.4.0-ac9/arch/i386/boot/bootsect.S   Tue Jul 18 23:55:01 2000
+++ linux-2.4.0-ac10/arch/i386/boot/bootsect.S  Sat Jan 20 02:47:07 2001
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@
  *     modified by Bruce Evans (bde)
  *     modified by Chris Noe (May 1999) (as86 -> gas)
  *
- * bootsect is loaded at 0x7c00 by the bios-startup routines, and moves
- * itself out of the way to address 0x90000, and jumps there.
+ * 360k/720k disk support: Andrzej Krzysztofowicz <[e-mail]>

I wonder how this line gets into your patch. Please, remove it (patch follows).
My bootsector patch is NOT enclosed into 2.4.0-ac10.

Yes, I did rewrite some time ago the bootsect.S to enable booting a kernel
with (bootsect.o + setup.o) > 4 kB   
[ it happens eg. when video selection is compiled in ]
from a 360k/720k (8 sec/track) floppy, but AFAIR it is alredy obsolete and
has never been ported to 2.4.

Note that it is almost impossible to compile an usable [you must turn off
networking] i386 2.4 kernel which fits into 360k floppy...

And there are other bootsect.S related unsolved problems [large kernels].

Regards
   Andrzej

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--- arch/i386/boot/bootsect.S.orig	Sat Jan 20 18:36:39 2001
+++ arch/i386/boot/bootsect.S	Sat Jan 20 18:36:55 2001
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
  *	modified by Bruce Evans (bde)
  *	modified by Chris Noe (May 1999) (as86 -> gas)
  *
- * 360k/720k disk support: Andrzej Krzysztofowicz <[e-mail]>
- *
  * BIG FAT NOTE: We're in real mode using 64k segments.  Therefore segment
  * addresses must be multiplied by 16 to obtain their respective linear
  * addresses. To avoid confusion, linear addresses are written using leading
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