> Ok so test it without moving the stuff before the vm86 check and if
> it still works send a corrected patch
Here is a patch against 2.2.16, which leaves everything _after_ the
vm86 check and which works fine for me.
I have not looked at the 2.4 sources to see if the same problem exists
there.
jcownie@pc2: diff -c traps.c.orig traps.c
*** traps.c.orig Wed Jun 7 22:26:42 2000
--- traps.c Tue Jun 13 10:35:12 2000
***************
*** 367,372 ****
--- 367,375 ----
__asm__ __volatile__("movl %%db6,%0" : "=r" (condition));
+ /* Ensure the debug status register is visible to ptrace (or the process itself) */
+ tsk->tss.debugreg[6] = condition;
+
/* Mask out spurious TF errors due to lazy TF clearing */
if (condition & DR_STEP) {
/*
-- Jim
James Cownie <jcownie@etnus.com>
Etnus, Inc. +44 117 9071438
http://www.etnus.com
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