* doc/multiboot.texi: Clarify command line format.

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Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko committed 2010-09-13 13:44:34 +02:00
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2010-09-13 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
* doc/multiboot.texi: Clarify command line format.
2010-09-03 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
Reimport mbchk.
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If bit 2 of the @samp{flags} longword is set, the @samp{cmdline} field
is valid, and contains the physical address of the command line to
be passed to the kernel. The command line is a normal C-style
zero-terminated string.
zero-terminated string. The exact format of command line is left to
OS developpers. General-purpose boot loaders should allow user a complete
control on command line independently of other factors like image name.
Boot loaders with specific payload in mind may completely or partially generate
it algorithmically.
If bit 3 of the @samp{flags} is set, then the @samp{mods} fields
indicate to the kernel what boot modules were loaded along with the