From: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
To: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2004@gmx.net>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: boot option for CONFIG_EDD_SKIP_MBR?
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 07:45:34 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041104134534.GA5360@lists.us.dell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <418A303E.1050709@gmx.net>
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 02:35:58PM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> [please CC: me on replies]
> having had problems (inifinte hang on boot) with some Fujitsu
> Siemens Scenic computers when EDD was enabled, I asked myself
> if it would be possible to add a boot option edd=nombr and
> possibly also another boot option edd=off to the EDD code in
> the kernel. These would correspond to CONFIG_EDD_SKIP_MBR
> and CONFIG_EDD, respectively.
>
> Yes, option parsing before entering protected mode is ugly,
> but the vga setup code does it, too.
>
> What do you think?
I'd love it. I hadn't done it as I thought it would be ugly, and so
far I could blame buggy BIOSes for the delay. If you want to work up
a patch, I'll gladly review and apply something that does such.
Thanks,
Matt
--
Matt Domsch
Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer
Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-04 13:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-04 13:35 boot option for CONFIG_EDD_SKIP_MBR? Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
2004-11-04 13:45 ` Matt Domsch [this message]
2004-11-04 14:12 ` Dave Jones
2004-11-04 14:49 ` Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
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