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Message-ID: <46D84143.8080505@zytor.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:26:43 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Will Simoneau <simoneau@....uri.edu>
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] save registers around VESA BIOS calls
Will Simoneau wrote:
>
> Apparently some VESA BIOS implementations clobber our registers when called.
> Tell gcc about it.
>
> This makes my Dell Inspiron 5150 boot correctly instead of hanging.
>
OK, we probably should use the INT10 macro, then, for these, too, as
well as change the other two int 0x10 callsites.
So much for optimism...
-hpa
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