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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/bios_ebda.h7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bios_ebda.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bios_ebda.h
index 5174cf0bf59..aa6a3170ab5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bios_ebda.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bios_ebda.h
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
#include <asm/io.h>
/*
- * there is a real-mode segmented pointer pointing to the
- * 4K EBDA area at 0x40E.
+ * Returns physical address of EBDA. Returns 0 if there is no EBDA.
*/
static inline unsigned int get_bios_ebda(void)
{
+ /*
+ * There is a real-mode segmented pointer pointing to the
+ * 4K EBDA area at 0x40E.
+ */
unsigned int address = *(unsigned short *)phys_to_virt(0x40E);
address <<= 4;
return address; /* 0 means none */