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

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Message-ID: <4693F08B.5060904@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:48:11 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: x86 setup code rewrite in C

Al Boldi wrote:
> 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?

There is absolutely no way to know, other than testing it.  There isn't
any real reason to suspect the setup code in your case, but it's worth a
shot, I guess.

There is a git tree on git.kernel.org you can pull, which is current
against 2.6.22.

	-hpa
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