[bug #19621] Multiboot specification ambiguity with boot_device

[Mike Kasick]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?19621>

                 Summary: Multiboot specification ambiguity with boot_device
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: mkasick
            Submitted on: Tuesday 04/17/2007 at 19:16
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Non-software Error
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: mkasick
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: multiboot.texi 0.6.95 (cvs 1.21)
         Reproducibility: None
         Planned Release: 

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Details:

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.



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Date: Tuesday 04/17/2007 at 19:16  Name: multiboot_boot_device.diff  Size:
649B   By: mkasick

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=12514>

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