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[PATCH] multiboot2: Fix alignment of header tags
From: |
Daniel Kiper |
Subject: |
[PATCH] multiboot2: Fix alignment of header tags |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Mar 2017 17:13:58 +0100 |
Header tags have to be 8-bytes aligned. So, fix it.
Additionally, mention header closing tag in the spec.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <address@hidden>
---
doc/multiboot.texi | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/multiboot.texi b/doc/multiboot.texi
index a9c3f16..2e2d7e7 100644
--- a/doc/multiboot.texi
+++ b/doc/multiboot.texi
@@ -408,8 +408,9 @@ and @samp{header_length}), must have a 32-bit unsigned sum
of zero.
@node Header tags
@subsection General tag structure
-Tags constitutes a buffer of structures following each other padded on
@samp{u32} size.
-Every structure has following format:
+Tags constitutes a buffer of structures following each other padded when
necessary
+in order for each tag to start at 8-bytes aligned address. Tags are terminated
by
+a tag of type @samp{0} and size @samp{8}. Every structure has following format:
@example
@group
--
1.7.10.4
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