* doc/multiboot.texi: Removed the promise of BIOS availability.

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2010-03-28 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
* doc/multiboot.texi: Removed the promise of BIOS availability.
2010-03-28 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
* configure.ac: Bump version to 1.6.
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@code{IDT}.
@end table
However, other machine state should be left by the boot loader in
@dfn{normal working order}, i.e. as initialized by the @sc{bios} (or
DOS, if that's what the boot loader runs from). In other words, the
operating system should be able to make @sc{bios} calls and such after
being loaded, as long as it does not overwrite the @sc{bios} data
structures before doing so. Also, the boot loader must leave the
@sc{pic} programmed with the normal @sc{bios}/DOS values, even if it
changed them during the switch to 32-bit mode.
@node Boot information format
@section Boot information
@subsection Boot information format