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

Submitted by:  Mike Kasick <mkasick>
Submitted on:  Tue 17 Apr 2007 07:16:38 PM UTC  
 
Category: DocumentationSeverity: Major
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Non-software Error
Status: FixedPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOriginator Name: mkasick
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: multiboot.texi 0.6.95 (cvs 1.21)
Release: otherReproducibility: 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>
Project 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>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Sat 13 Nov 2010 06:32:15 PM UTCphcoderStatusNone=>Fixed
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
      ReleaseNone=>other
    Sat 15 Dec 2007 09:50:27 PM UTCrobertmhSummaryMultiboot specification ambiguity with boot_device=>[docs] multiboot specification ambiguity with boot_device
    Tue 17 Apr 2007 07:16:38 PM UTCmkasickAttached File-=>Added multiboot_boot_device.diff, #12514

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