linux-kernel - Re: x86 setup code rewrite in C

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:32:29 +0300
From:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: x86 setup code rewrite in C

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> This patch set replaces the x86 setup code, which is currently all in
> assembly, with a version written in C, using the ".code16gcc" feature
> of binutils (which has been present since at least 2001.)
>
> The new code is vastly easier to read, and, I hope, debug.  It should
> be noted that I found a fair number of minor bugs while going through
> this code, and have attempted to correct them.

I have an i810 which supends-to-ram just fine, but when booted over pxe it 
just hangs.  Will these patches fix this, and if so, is there an easy 
tar-ball against 2.6.22?


Thanks!

--
Al

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