cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 locore.s

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 02:57:01PM -0700, Bruce Evans wrote:
> bde         2003/07/29 14:57:01 PDT
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/i386/i386        locore.s 
>   Log:
>   Restored clearing of the bss, except for putting it in a correct place
>   with up to date comments.  This fixes booting kernels with boot2
>   (except for loss of the features provided by loader) and is suitable
>   for MFC.  Contrary to the old comments, most loaders don't clear the bss.
>   biosboot lost clearing of the bss in a code crunch in 1997, and boot2
>   never did it.
>   
To make it crystal clear, it does mean that we can (once again) boot
kernels without loader(8) on i386, correct?


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,
ru at sunbay.com		Sunbay Software Ltd,
ru at FreeBSD.org		FreeBSD committer
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