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@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The starting address is formed by adding the base address to the value in the EI
'0xfffffff0'
```
We get `0xfffffff0`, which is 16 bytes below 4GB. This point is called the [Reset vector](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reset_vector). This is the memory location at which the CPU expects to find the first instruction to execute after reset. It contains a [jump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JMP_%28x86_instruction%29) (`jmp`) instruction that usually points to the BIOS entry point. For example, if we look in the [coreboot](https://www.coreboot.org/) source code (`src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.inc`), we will see:
We get `0xfffffff0`, which is 16 bytes below 4GB. This point is called the [reset vector](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reset_vector). This is the memory location at which the CPU expects to find the first instruction to execute after reset. It contains a [jump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JMP_%28x86_instruction%29) (`jmp`) instruction that usually points to the BIOS entry point. For example, if we look in the [coreboot](https://www.coreboot.org/) source code (`src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.inc`), we will see:
```assembly
.section ".reset", "ax", %progbits