Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
By author: "Khimenko Victor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > The field never got extended because nobody really needed it extended.
> > That's as simple as it can get, no?
>
> No. When you have field 2 bytes in size and you want to store there number
> bigger than $FFFF you MUST increase field. Otherwise what's the point ?
> I'm little surprised nobody noticed it for so long :-(
>
We have noticed. You may note that kernels > 1 MB warn that they can
no longer be booted by the kernel boot sector. THIS IS THE ONLY
LOADER THAT SHOULD EVER USE THIS FIELD.
-hpa
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