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revision 1.15 by okuji, Fri Mar 2 20:42:36 2001 UTC revision 1.16 by okuji, Wed May 22 17:08:37 2002 UTC
# Line 467  Contains the physical address of the end Line 467  Contains the physical address of the end
467  segment. (load_end_addr - load_addr) specifies how much data to load.  segment. (load_end_addr - load_addr) specifies how much data to load.
468  This implies that the text and data segments must be consecutive in the  This implies that the text and data segments must be consecutive in the
469  OS image; this is true for existing a.out executable formats.  OS image; this is true for existing a.out executable formats.
470    If this field is zero, the boot loader assumes that the text and data
471    segments occupy the whole OS image file.
472    
473  @item bss_end_addr  @item bss_end_addr
474  Contains the physical address of the end of the bss segment. The boot  Contains the physical address of the end of the bss segment. The boot
475  loader initializes this area to zero, and reserves the memory it  loader initializes this area to zero, and reserves the memory it
476  occupies to avoid placing boot modules and other data relevant to the  occupies to avoid placing boot modules and other data relevant to the
477  operating system in that area.  operating system in that area. If this field is zero, the boot loader
478    assumes that no bss segment is present.
479    
480  @item entry_addr  @item entry_addr
481  The physical address to which the boot loader should jump in order to  The physical address to which the boot loader should jump in order to

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