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[MULTIBOOT2,DOC,v3,02/13] multiboot2: Replace u_virt with u32

Message ID 1481064781-16949-3-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com (mailing list archive)
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Daniel Kiper Dec. 6, 2016, 10:52 p.m. UTC
u_virt may sometimes confuse reader especially if description says something
completely different. Additionally, GRUB multiboot2 implementation does not
use u_virt anywhere. So, replace it with basic well defined and used in
implementation u32 type.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
---
 doc/multiboot.texi |   15 ++++++---------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/doc/multiboot.texi b/doc/multiboot.texi
index 2bda9b7..7d12ab0 100644
--- a/doc/multiboot.texi
+++ b/doc/multiboot.texi
@@ -299,9 +299,6 @@  little-endian, u32 is coded in little-endian.
 The type of unsigned 64-bit data. Because the target architecture is
 little-endian, u64 is coded in little-endian.
 
-@item u_virt
-The type of unsigned data of the same size as target architecture virtual address size.
-
 @end table
 
 
@@ -407,7 +404,7 @@  and @samp{header_length}), must have a 32-bit unsigned sum of zero.
 
 @node Header tags
 @subsection General tag structure
-Tags constitutes a buffer of structures following each other padded on @samp{u_virt} size.
+Tags constitutes a buffer of structures following each other padded on @samp{u32} size.
 Every structure has following format:
 
 @example
@@ -460,10 +457,10 @@  actually be present. E.g. on a videoless system even if you requested tag
 u16     | type = 2          |
 u16     | flags             |
 u32     | size              |
-u_virt  | header_addr       |
-u_virt  | load_addr         |
-u_virt  | load_end_addr     |
-u_virt  | bss_end_addr      |
+u32     | header_addr       |
+u32     | load_addr         |
+u32     | load_end_addr     |
+u32     | bss_end_addr      |
         +-------------------+
 @end group
 @end example
@@ -511,7 +508,7 @@  assumes that no bss segment is present.
 u16     | type = 3          |
 u16     | flags             |
 u32     | size              |
-u_virt  | entry_addr        |
+u32     | entry_addr        |
         +-------------------+
 @end group
 @end example