From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] x86, head_32: Remove an old gcc2 fix
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 20:52:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1360439574-16122-6-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1360439574-16122-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
gcc2 wants direction flag cleared but we don't support gcc2 anymore. So
drop it. Original patch adding this was:
commit 57d40092c375d2b6d34f814f5fb306967e22c4f5
Author: linus1 <torvalds@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Mon Nov 9 12:00:00 1992 -0600
[PATCH] Linux-0.98.4 (November 9, 1992)
...
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
---
arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index 75e96d7e4e5f..fc56613224c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ is486:
xorl %eax,%eax # Clear LDT
lldt %ax
- cld # gcc2 wants the direction flag cleared at all times
pushl $0 # fake return address for unwinder
jmp *(initial_code)
--
1.8.1.3.535.ga923c31
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-09 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-09 19:52 [PATCH 0/5] x86, head_32: Some cleanups, -v2 Borislav Petkov
2013-02-09 19:52 ` [PATCH 1/5] x86, head_32: Remove i386 pieces Borislav Petkov
2013-02-09 19:52 ` [PATCH 2/5] x86: Detect CPUID support early at boot Borislav Petkov
2013-02-09 19:52 ` [PATCH 3/5] x86, head_32: Remove second CPUID detection from default_entry Borislav Petkov
2013-02-09 19:52 ` [PATCH 4/5] x86, head_32: Give the 6 label a real name Borislav Petkov
2013-02-09 19:52 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2013-02-09 20:51 ` [PATCH 5/5] x86, head_32: Remove an old gcc2 fix H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-09 20:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-09 21:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-02-09 22:08 ` [PATCH 5/5 -v2] x86, head_32: Clear DF much earlier Borislav Petkov
2013-02-09 22:23 ` [PATCH 5/5] x86, head_32: Remove an old gcc2 fix H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-09 23:13 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-02-09 23:16 ` [PATCH 2/5 -v2.1] x86: Detect CPUID support early at boot Borislav Petkov
2013-02-10 4:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-10 8:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-02-10 15:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
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