From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
Etienne Lorrain <etienne_lorrain@yahoo.fr>,
Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Bug- and documentation fixes for the x86 setup code
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:24:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46A8BC94.3040808@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070726104246.GD10208@ucw.cz>
Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> H. Peter Anvin (5):
>> [x86 setup] MAINTAINERS: document x86 setup code git tree
>> [x86 setup] build/tools.c: fix comment
>> [x86 setup] Fix assembly constraints
>> [x86 setup] VGA: Clear the Protect bit before setting the vertical height
>> [x86 setup] Save/restore DS around invocations of INT 10h
>
> Are there / were there known problems with running new setup code on
> AMD Geode and similar strange cpus? I tried to get wyse thin client to
> work, and it worked ok in 2.6.22, but something broke early in boot
> (doublefault?) with newer versions.
>
Note also that with the new setup code you can put printf() in the setup
code; so sprinking the code with printfs and figuring out *where* it's
failing is probably step 1.
-hpa
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-26 15:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-18 18:58 [GIT PULL] Bug- and documentation fixes for the x86 setup code H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-26 10:42 ` Pavel Machek
2007-07-26 15:24 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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