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+/*
+ * Copyright 2003-2006, François Revol, revol@free.fr.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+#ifndef _MULTIBOOT_H
+#define _MULTIBOOT_H
+
+/* minimal part of the MultiBoot API */
+
+/* magics */
+#define MULTIBOOT_MAGIC 0x1badb002
+#define MULTIBOOT_MAGIC2 0x2badb002
+
+/* header flags */
+#define MULTIBOOT_PAGE_ALIGN 0x00000001
+#define MULTIBOOT_MEMORY_INFO 0x00000002
+#define MULTIBOOT_VIDEO_MODE 0x00000004
+#define MULTIBOOT_AOUT_KLUDGE 0x00010000
+
+/* info flags */
+#define MULTIBOOT_INFO_MEMORY 0x00000001
+#define MULTIBOOT_INFO_BOOTDEV 0x00000002
+#define MULTIBOOT_INFO_CMDLINE 0x00000004
+#define MULTIBOOT_INFO_MODS 0x00000008
+#define MULTIBOOT_INFO_MEM_MAP 0x00000040
+
+
+/* info struct passed to the loader */
+struct multiboot_info {
+	uint32 flags;
+	uint32 mem_lower;
+	uint32 mem_upper;
+	uint32 boot_device;
+	uint32 cmdline;
+	uint32 mods_count;
+	uint32 mods_addr;
+	uint32 syms[4];
+	uint32 mmap_length;
+	uint32 mmap_addr;
+	uint32 drives_length;
+	uint32 drives_addr;
+	uint32 config_table;
+	uint32 boot_loader_name;
+	uint32 apm_table;
+	uint32 vbe_control_info;
+	uint32 vbe_mode_info;
+	uint16 vbe_interface_seg;
+	uint16 vbe_interface_off;
+	uint16 vbe_interface_len;
+};
+
+#endif /* _MULTIBOOT_H */