Re: x86 setup code rewrite in C

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue Jul 10 2007 - 16:48:36 EST


Al Boldi wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> This patch set replaces the x86 setup code, which is currently all in
>> assembly, with a version written in C, using the ".code16gcc" feature
>> of binutils (which has been present since at least 2001.)
>>
>> The new code is vastly easier to read, and, I hope, debug. It should
>> be noted that I found a fair number of minor bugs while going through
>> this code, and have attempted to correct them.
>
> I have an i810 which supends-to-ram just fine, but when booted over pxe it
> just hangs. Will these patches fix this, and if so, is there an easy
> tar-ball against 2.6.22?

There is absolutely no way to know, other than testing it. There isn't
any real reason to suspect the setup code in your case, but it's worth a
shot, I guess.

There is a git tree on git.kernel.org you can pull, which is current
against 2.6.22.

-hpa
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