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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2010-03-30 13:37:41 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2010-03-30 13:37:41 -0700
commit99c5243867c4e00f516ba622bf4ba249aeb9f115 (patch)
tree235617e627df39fbd7589d28079b550574358832 /doc/comboot.txt
parent68a7538d5a80ec8db48c02d4a9de7199df0af9f9 (diff)
downloadsyslinux-99c5243867c4e00f516ba622bf4ba249aeb9f115.tar.gz
Clean up the version/copyright strings reported via the comboot API
Skip leading garbage in the version and copyright strings reported via the comboot API. Clean up fixes for those, and document the situation. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ AX=0001h [2.00] Get Version
This API call returns the Syslinux version and API
information.
+ Note: before version 3.86, the version string had a leading CR LF
+ and the copyright string had a leading space. The strings might
+ still contain trailing CR and/or LF.
+
AX=0002h [2.01] Write String