On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 05:00:40PM +0100, Marcus Comstedt wrote:

 > It allows for passing stuff like video mode and boot device from the
 > bootloader.  Pretty convenient.  See for example
 > arch/i386/kernel/setup.c in the Linux source.

Ah.  The i386 port's boot program uses a "bootinfo" to pass this kind
of info up to the kernel.  That's what the NetBSD/dreamcast bootloader
should use.

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