start_kernel take no param

Andrea Arcangeli (arcangeli@mbox.queen.it)
Sat, 8 Aug 1998 16:59:36 +0200 (CEST)

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Why should start_kernel(void) get parameters?

--- /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/kernel/head.S Fri Jul 17 23:37:02 1998
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/head.S Mon Aug 3 02:29:42 1998
@@ -241,9 +241,6 @@
#endif
xorl %eax,%eax
lldt %ax
- pushl %eax # These are the parameters to main :-)
- pushl %eax
- pushl %eax
cld # gcc2 wants the direction flag cleared at all times
call SYMBOL_NAME(start_kernel)
L6:

Andrea[s] Arcangeli

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