itojun@iijlab.net said:
> 	or, is it more proper?  (exit() with no arg)
> 	anyways, arch/i386/stand uses exit() inconsistently. 

It depends on the environment - a normal bootloader has
nothing to report status to, as opposed to the DOS loader
where the exit code makes sense.
After all, we also have a "void main(void)" in some bootloaders,
so I don't see a necessity to be dogmatic here.

best regards
Matthias