Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/i386/stand/bootxx

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 06:33:50PM +1100, matthew green wrote:
> "Christos Zoulas" writes:
> > Module Name:	src
> > Committed By:	christos
> > Date:		Sun Jan  3 20:59:47 UTC 2016
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> > 	src/sys/arch/i386/stand/bootxx: pbr.S
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > change 60 to 70 which is the current release. Noticed by Rares Aioanei.
> 
> i don't think so we should do this unless we change the protocol,
> as jak mentioned.  this can be intepreted by the BIOS and it might
> do differnet stuff so unless there's actually a good reason for it
> this change could break something that works (poorly.)

AFAIR it is just the operating system name in the partition
boot record and is purely a comment.

The bios certainly should be looking at it, the bios doesn't
look at the pbr only the mbr (and shouldn't look at much of that).

OTOH, no point changing it.

	David

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