Re: Linux should not set the "PnP OS" boot flag

[Alan Cox]

> Yes (if you mean: clears the "Booting" flag).  This is a different
> flag from the PnP-OS flag.  The PnP-OS flag is bit 0; the "Booting"
> flag is bit 1.  So this is a separate issue.

Its very much the same issue. Only a marked successful PnP boot counts
for anything

> But look at the code (following).  The code DOES NOT clear the "Booting"
> flag.  It ONLY sets the PnP-OS flag.  Not only that: when it does so
> it fails to change bit 7 in order to preserve odd parity, as the spec
> requires.

sbf_write computes parity