commit 157e213218113164fa346c87e09afdc59cc1a3fb
author Kevin O'Connor <kevin@koconnor.net> Sun Mar 09 13:32:03 2008 -0400
committer Kevin O'Connor <kevin@koconnor.net> Sun Mar 09 13:32:03 2008 -0400
tree b36e18d28f6c241cf843dadb157eea7e6d659f79
parent 983d619ef351b07e1ef6e204831c9b718ca01cdf

Make sure global variables are zerod before exiting bios post.

src/post.c

diff --git a/src/post.c b/src/post.c
index 851dbae..216ed06 100644
--- a/src/post.c
+++ b/src/post.c
@@ -536,6 +536,10 @@
     // XXX - original bios calls ata_detect before rom scan.
     rom_scan(0xc8000, 0xe0000);
 
+    // reset the memory (some boot loaders such as syslinux suppose
+    // that the memory is set to zero)
+    memset((void*)0x40000, 0, 0x40000); // XXX - shouldn't use globals
+
     callrom(SEG_BIOS, OFFSET_begin_boot);
 }