Re: Tag-alignment in multiboot2 image headers

2017-03-08 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017, 22:28 Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 1:17 AM, Ahmed, Safayet (GE Global Research, > US) wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm seeing an inconsistency in the multiboot2 specification and the > implementation of the

Re: Tag-alignment in multiboot2 image headers

2017-03-08 Thread Andrei Borzenkov
On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 1:17 AM, Ahmed, Safayet (GE Global Research, US) wrote: > Hello, > > I'm seeing an inconsistency in the multiboot2 specification and the > implementation of the multiboot2 loader code in GRUB. It may be my > understanding that's incorrect. A

Tag-alignment in multiboot2 image headers

2017-03-08 Thread Ahmed, Safayet (GE Global Research, US)
Hello, I'm seeing an inconsistency in the multiboot2 specification and the implementation of the multiboot2 loader code in GRUB. It may be my understanding that's incorrect. A clarification would be appreciated. This concerns the alignment requirements for tags in OS image headers. The