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"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net> posted |
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200612220854.59448.bss03@××××××××××.net, excerpted below, on Fri, 22 Dec |
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2006 08:54:59 -0600: |
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> Also, it's technically possible for the bootloader to switch into extended |
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> mode before loading the kernel, but not done (in GRUB, at least) for solid |
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> technical reasons. (IIRC, there's some memory mappings that have to be |
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> set up before entering extended mode.) |
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That's something I've actually always wondered, so it's interesting to see |
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a bit on it. Is there anything not /too/ technical* but somewhat |
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more detailed you could point me to? |
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*I'm not a C/C++/ASM coder, but understand the terminology well enough to |
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find many LKML discussions interesting, for instance, and I'd say I follow |
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about half of the LWN kernel page articles, enough to have found myself |
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recently correcting (I think/hope) some inaccuracies in a Linux.com article |
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by Joe Barr, for instance, see the article and comments following here, my |
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comment should be obvious, given its length <g>: |
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http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/14/1910259 |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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