Re: [PATCH] x86: Use helper in fault_64.c

[Ingo Molnar]

* Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Use the fixup_exception() helper in fault_64.c

thanks, applied.

> This is only appropriate if CONFIG_PNP_BIOS cannot be set on X86_64, 
> which looks to be the case, but needs confirmation.

yeah, that seems to be the case:

in drivers/pnp/pnpbios/Kconfig:

 config PNPBIOS
 ...
         depends on ISA && X86 && EXPERIMENTAL

in arch/x86/Kconfig:

 if X86_32
 config ISA

it seems the PNPBIOS has not infested the 64-bit world, so we wont ever 
see this with a 64-bit kernel:

                extern u32 pnp_bios_is_utter_crap;
                pnp_bios_is_utter_crap = 1;
                printk(KERN_CRIT "PNPBIOS fault.. attempting recovery.\n");

	Ingo
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