linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 16/33] Add support for Xen to entry.S.

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Message-ID: <20060719053034.GH2654@sequoia.sous-sol.org>
Date:	Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:30:34 -0700
From:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@...source.com>,
	Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@...cam.ac.uk>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 16/33] Add support for Xen to entry.S.

* Jeremy Fitzhardinge (jeremy@...p.org) wrote:
> It might be an idea to use something other than STI, CLI and CPUID, 
> since the assembler is case-insensitive.  We've already had one bug 
> where CPUID didn't get replaced and the assembler quietly accepted it as-is.

Yes, having been bitten by that, I'd have to second that.

thanks,
-chris
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