...
>If they don't make systems explode, turn purple, or some similar
>antisocial behavior, I'll submit them for inclusion in the main
>kernel.
...
>There's one little unrelated makefile patch in here; it's part
>of my "not everything is a GNU" patches I've had to apply to
>get kernels to actually compile on Mastodon (which uses BSD
>programs, not GNU ones.)
worked on my gnu system
>To put additional room into the empty_zero_block, I've dropped
>a little trampoline into setup.S -- the initial jump now jumps
>to a CALL instruction, which then pushes junk onto the stack
>and leaps over a 1k scratch area I've put before setup.S starts
>up. I don't think this will cause any problems, but will it
>make the branch predictor in modern ia32 processors get horribly
>confused?
I tried this patch on a Cx586, AMI BIOS(1994), kernel 2.2.10. The good news
is that it compiled and booted without a hitch. The bad news is I cant
report on it's effectiveness; there's no e820 call in this BIOS. No ill
effects are showing from the patch. /proc/sys/vm/* all report report good
numbers, both with and without the BIOS memory hole enabled.
I'll run this a few days, but will only follow up if I hear loud noises or
see purple smoke.
Tom
--We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms.
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