Re: [PATCH RFC 3/6] Use %gs as the PDA base-segment in the kernel.

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > movl is recommended in 32bit mode
> > >   
> > >       
> > arch/i386/kernel/entry.S: Assembler messages:
> > arch/i386/kernel/entry.S:334: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
> >     
>
> Looks like a gas bug to me.
>   

Well, it generates the 32-bit form of the instruction (no 0x66 prefix) 
anyway.

   J
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