mistake in manual

[Michael]

Hello in the on-line manual
(http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/multiboot/multiboot.html)
there is a mistake, IMHO.

For instance, section 3.1.1 claims:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
32      u32     mode_type       if flags[2] is set
36      u32     width   if flags[2] is set
40      u32     height  if flags[2] is set
44      u32     depth   if flags[2] is set
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

and section 3.1.2 supports it by saying:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
if bit 2 in the `flags' word is set, information about the video mode
table (see Boot information format) must be available to the kernel.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

and still in section 3.3 there is a contradiction to what is written above:

            +-------------------+
     0       | flags             |    (required)
             +-------------------+
     4       | mem_lower         |    (present if flags[0] is set)
     8       | mem_upper         |    (present if flags[0] is set)
             +-------------------+
     12      | boot_device       |    (present if flags[1] is set)
             +-------------------+
     16      | cmdline           |    (present if flags[2] is set)
             +-------------------+
     20      | mods_count        |    (present if flags[3] is set)
     24      | mods_addr         |    (present if flags[3] is set)
             +-------------------+
     28 - 40 | syms              |    (present if flags[4] or
             |                   |                flags[5] is set)
             +-------------------+
     44      | mmap_length       |    (present if flags[6] is set)
     48      | mmap_addr         |    (present if flags[6] is set)
             +-------------------+
     52      | drives_length     |    (present if flags[7] is set)
     56      | drives_addr       |    (present if flags[7] is set)
             +-------------------+
     60      | config_table      |    (present if flags[8] is set)
             +-------------------+
     64      | boot_loader_name  |    (present if flags[9] is set)
             +-------------------+
     68      | apm_table         |    (present if flags[10] is set)
             +-------------------+
     72      | vbe_control_info  |    (present if flags[11] is set)
     76      | vbe_mode_info     |
     80      | vbe_mode          |
     82      | vbe_interface_seg |
     84      | vbe_interface_off |
     86      | vbe_interface_len |
             +-------------------+

so it makes it unclear if flags[2] (bit 2 of flags) controls command
line or video mode
and information, as well as it's unclear what flags[11] does then.

So what's right and what's wrong?

Also history/changelog speaks about version 0.7, whereas the version
of specification in
its title is 0.6.95.

-- Michael Kruglos


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