linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make bootsector stub 16-bit-only (i386)

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Date:	Tue, 08 May 2007 15:27:27 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...lshack.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make bootsector stub 16-bit-only (i386)

Alexander van Heukelum wrote:
> On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:45:47AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Alexander van Heukelum wrote:
>>> Oh! A padding hole in a struct! That could be a problem. If the freeze
>>> is after decompression, could you test if this makes it work again?
>>>
>> The correct fix is to apply __attribute__((packed)) to this structure.
> 
> Yeah, I thought about that possibility too, but the struct didn't need
> that (in my opinion ugly) annotation before. Oh well, here you go.
> 

It did need it, however, it just "happened to work" anyway.

Yes, it's ugly, but the damage is already done.

	-hpa
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