Re: [PATCH] i386: always clear bss

[H. Peter Anvin]

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> Oh, right.  And this runs with interrupts off, so you only need one
>> dword.  That's fine, of course, although the location is a bit awkward.
> 
> Yep.  That is what I found when surveyed the available locations.

Look at the structure definition I just posted; I think you'll find that
using something not in the immediate extension area for the video area
would have been preferrable, I would suggest 0x5c or 0x1e4.

	-hpa
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