Re: [patch] Re: That horrible hack from hell called A20

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>]

rdunlap wrote:
> 
> Alan-
> 
> Here's a patch to 2.2.19-pre7 that is essentially a backport of the
> 2.4.0 gate-A20 code.
> 
> This speeds up booting on my fast-A20 board (Celeron 500 MHz, no KBC)
> from 2 min:15 seconds to <too small to measure by my wrist watch>.
> 
> Kai, you reported that your system was OK with 2.4.0-test12-pre6.
> Does that mean that it's OK with 2.4.0-final also?
> 
> Comments?  Should we be merging Peter's int 0x15-first patch with this?
> And test for A20-gated after each step, before going to the next
> method?  Get that working and then backport it to 2.2.19?
> Have their been any test reports on Peter's last patch?  I didn't see
> any, but if that should be the goal, I'll give it a whirl.
> 
> I'd like to see this applied to 2.2.19.  At least changing the long
> delay so that it doesn't appear that Linux isn't going to boot...
> 

I certainly would appreciate feedback.  I'm probably going to have to
release a new version of SYSLINUX which will use that method, too.

	-hpa

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