i386/62003: make /boot/loader "reboot" code same as reboot()
syscall
Bruce M Simpson
bms at spc.org
Wed Jun 23 07:20:09 GMT 2004
The following reply was made to PR i386/62003; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Bruce M Simpson <bms at spc.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: i386/62003: make /boot/loader "reboot" code same as reboot() syscall
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:19:44 +0100
The patch here looks correct; the segment for calling the BIOS reset
vector should always be 0xF000. Sounds like loader is cutting corners.
This problem has been observed before with various third-party BIOS
and x86 emulators.
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