"H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> >> I have this vague memory of liking 0x3c because if we do happen to use >> more room then we intended the consequences are pretty benign. >> >> But that is a pretty minor consequence. >>
I meant to say it is a pretty minor consideration. > That's a dangerous assumption (besides, it's likely wrong, since there > are only two unused bytes below it.) Worse case on a modern machine is that we get a messed up screen. The odds of it happening are sufficiently remote that it isn't worth worrying about. Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
