Eliminate "near"s

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7edf945..aa7b920 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Changes in 1.75:
        * ALL: Fix the return from COMBOOT.
        * ALL: Do some of the early groundwork for supporting DOS
          system calls in COMBOOT.
+       * Get rid of unnecessary "near" directives, making the code
+         bigger.
 
 Changes in 1.74:
        * SYSLINUX: fix bug that would cause valid kernel images to be