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Date:	Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:59:31 -0400
From:	"linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <linux-os@...logic.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	<pageexec@...email.hu>, "Willy Tarreau" <w@....eu>,
	<Riley@...liams.name>, <davej@...hat.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] exception processing in early boot

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Andi Kleen wrote:

> On Wednesday 30 August 2006 18:25, pageexec@...email.hu wrote:
>> On 30 Aug 2006 at 14:59, Andi Kleen wrote:
>>>> I think that the good method would be to :
>>>>   - announce the patch
>>>>   - find a volunteer to port it
>>>>   - apply it once the volunteer agrees to handle it
>>>> This way, no code gets lost because there's always someone to track it.
>>>
>>> I can put that one into my tree for .19
>>
>> here's my quick attempt:
>
>
> It would be better to separate exceptions from interrupts here.
> A spurious interrupt is not necessarily fatal, just an exception is.
>
> But I went with the simpler patch with some changes now
> (added PANIC to the message etc.)
>
>>
>> --- linux-2.6.18-rc5/arch/i386/kernel/head.S	2006-08-28 11:37:31.000000000
>> +0200
>> +++ linux-2.6.18-rc5-fix/arch/i386/kernel/head.S	2006-08-30
>> 18:22:15.000000000 +0200
>> @@ -382,34 +382,25 @@ rp_sidt:
>>  /* This is the default interrupt "handler" :-) */
>>  	ALIGN
>>  ignore_int:
>> -	cld
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
>> -	pushl %eax
>> -	pushl %ecx
>> -	pushl %edx
>> -	pushl %es
>> -	pushl %ds
>> +	cld
>>  	movl $(__KERNEL_DS),%eax
>>  	movl %eax,%ds
>>  	movl %eax,%es
>> -	pushl 16(%esp)
>> -	pushl 24(%esp)
>> -	pushl 32(%esp)
>> -	pushl 40(%esp)
>> +	pushl 12(%esp)
>> +	pushl 12(%esp)
>> +	pushl 12(%esp)
>> +	pushl 12(%esp)
>>  	pushl $int_msg
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
>>  	call early_printk
>>  #else
>>  	call printk
>>  #endif
>> -	addl $(5*4),%esp
>> -	popl %ds
>> -	popl %es
>> -	popl %edx
>> -	popl %ecx
>> -	popl %eax
>>  #endif
>> -	iret
>> +1:	hlt
>
> This is wrong because i386 still supports some CPUs that don't support
> HLT.
>
> -Andi

Even the i286 and the 8086 support hlt. Is there some Cyrix chip that
you are trying to preserve? I think even those all implimented
hlt as well.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.16.24 on an i686 machine (5592.62 BogoMips).
New book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/
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