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-rw-r--r--hw/i386/x86-common.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hw/i386/x86-common.c b/hw/i386/x86-common.c
index c0c66a0eb5..992ea1f25e 100644
--- a/hw/i386/x86-common.c
+++ b/hw/i386/x86-common.c
@@ -665,8 +665,11 @@ void x86_load_linux(X86MachineState *x86ms,
exit(1);
}
- /* kernel protocol version */
- if (ldl_p(header + 0x202) == 0x53726448) {
+ /*
+ * kernel protocol version.
+ * Please see https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+ */
+ if (ldl_p(header + 0x202) == 0x53726448) /* Magic signature "HdrS" */ {
protocol = lduw_p(header + 0x206);
} else {
/*