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Date:      Thu, 09 May 1996 07:28:36 +0000
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 locore.s 
Message-ID:  <4218.831626916@critter.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 09 May 1996 00:16:08 MST." <199605090716.AAA17580@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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I belive this fixes the recent boot problems.

The bug was depended on the value of the "_etext" symbol, which is why
adding and deleting options would change it from working to non-working.

Please report if this doesn't solve it!

Poul-Henning

> phk         96/05/09 00:16:07
> 
>   Modified:    sys/i386/i386  locore.s
>   Log:
>   Fix brino on my part.  _etext doesn't include the padding to a page
>   boundary, which means that it doesn't mark the start of the data
>   section (which is then inaccessible to the programmer ??).
>   Hopefully fixes recent locore reboot problems.
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.71      +3 -1      src/sys/i386/i386/locore.s

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