Re: Simple patches for Linux as a guest OS in a plex86 VM (please consider)

From: Kai Germaschewski (kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de)
Date: Wed Jan 22 2003 - 15:35:38 EST


On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Andrew Morton wrote:

> #include <asm/if.h>
>
> in the places which are known to use pushfl/popfl is fragile. Because
> someone could later do something odd which results in the generation of an
> unmassaged pushfl/popfl.
>
> You need a magic bullet. Which is why I suggest including if.h via the build
> system - making it truly global.
>
> __ASSEMBLY__ and __KERNEL__ are provided via the build system as well, and
> are in scope during that first inclusion. So it _should_ work....

Let me just mention "gcc -include <file>". I suppose that's what you were
saying, anyway.

--Kai

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