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Separate out the documentation of the PXE API from the documentation of

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the Etherboot implementation (i.e. don't do what Intel did).
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Michael Brown
2005-05-24 17:00:55 +00:00
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@@ -1631,4 +1631,26 @@ extern PXENV_EXIT_t undi_loader ( struct s_UNDI_LOADER *undi_loader );
/** @} */ /* pxe */
/** @page pxe_notes Etherboot PXE implementation notes
@section pxe_x86_modes x86 processor mode restrictions
On the x86 platform, different PXE API calls have different
restrictions on the processor modes (real or protected) that can be
used. See the individual API call descriptions for the restrictions
that apply to any particular call.
@subsection pxe_x86_pmode16 Real mode, or protected-mode with 16-bit stack
The PXE specification states that the API function can be called in
protected mode only if the s_PXE::StatusCallout field is set to a
non-zero value, and that the API function cannot be called with a
32-bit stack segment.
Etherboot does not enforce either of these restrictions; they seem (as
with so much of the PXE specification) to be artifacts of the Intel
implementation.
*/
#endif /* PXE_API_H */