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bug #19621: [docs] multiboot specification ambiguity with boot_device

Submitter:  Mike Kasick <mkasick>
Submitted:  Tue 17 Apr 2007 07:16:38 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Documentation Severity:  Major
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Non-software Error
Status:  Fixed Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Name:  mkasick
Open/Closed:  Closed Release:  other
Release:  multiboot.texi 0.6.95 (cvs 1.21) Reproducibility:  None
Planned Release:  None

Sat 13 Nov 2010 06:32:15 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Changed to logically unambigious "most significant" byte.

Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder>
Group administrator
Tue 17 Apr 2007 07:16:38 PM UTC, original submission:  

Older versions of the specification improperly specified the boot_device field in the boot information structure.  The fields of the boot_device diagram were reversed in 0.6.94, but diagram is still ambiguous.

The boot_device diagram should have byte offset numbers for each field to clearly indicate which byte (part3 vs. drive) comes first.  Also, line following the diagram that begins with "The first byte contains the BIOS drive number ..." is inaccurate, it's actually the last byte.

I've attached a patch to the texinfo source that fixes these issues.

Mike Kasick <mkasick>

 

(Note: upload size limit is set to 16384 kB, after insertion of the required escape characters.)

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2010-11-13 phcoder StatusNone Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        ReleaseNone other
    2007-12-15 robertmh SummaryMultiboot specification ambiguity with boot_device [docs] multiboot specification ambiguity with boot_device
    2007-04-17 mkasick Attached File- Added multiboot_boot_device.diff, #12514

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