Subject: Questions about start.S
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: VaX#n8 <vax@linkdead.paranoia.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/16/1996 09:02:36
One has to wonder about this file.... I'm assuming it just hasn't
been touched very much...
1) Why reset the disk drives iff we're booting from
a floppy?
2) Why override the drive number for the floppy with:
# XXX Override the drive number.
movb $0x00, %dl
3) Why, when we read from floppy, do we do this:
movl $0x0001, %ecx # cyl 0, sector 1
Since the sectors are one-based, doesn't this reread the first stage
for no good reason?
Oh, nevermind, I just noticed the two stages are amalgamated.