From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Will Simoneau <simoneau@ele.uri.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] save registers around VESA BIOS calls
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:26:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46D84143.8080505@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070831161746.GA5459@ele.uri.edu>
Will Simoneau wrote:
>
> Apparently some VESA BIOS implementations clobber our registers when called.
> Tell gcc about it.
>
> This makes my Dell Inspiron 5150 boot correctly instead of hanging.
>
OK, we probably should use the INT10 macro, then, for these, too, as
well as change the other two int 0x10 callsites.
So much for optimism...
-hpa
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-31 16:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-31 1:56 new x86 setup code hangs on Dell Inspiron 5150 Will Simoneau
2007-08-31 5:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-08-31 6:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-08-31 15:05 ` Will Simoneau
2007-08-31 16:18 ` [PATCH] save registers around VESA BIOS calls Will Simoneau
2007-08-31 16:26 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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