Re: [RFT] x86 acpi: normalize segment descriptor register on resume

Andrew Lutomirski
2008-07-16T14:14:12Z

Sorry for the delay in testing. This appears to work and fix the problem.

--Andy

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:18 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>
>> The most likely explanation for this is that the VESA BIOS expects to be
>> entered in Big Real Mode (*.limit = 0xffffffff) instead of ordinary Real
>> Mode. Here is a completely untested patch which changes the segment
>> descriptors to Big Real Mode instead. It would be worth testing out.
>>
>
> ... and here is one that actually has a prayer of actually working.
>
> -hpa
>
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