linux-kernel - Re: vm86.c audit_syscall_exit() call trashes registers

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Message-ID: <470580F7.4030100@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:10:31 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	William Cattey <wdc@....EDU>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Chuck Anderson <cra@....EDU>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Subject: Re: vm86.c audit_syscall_exit() call trashes registers

On 10/04/2007 07:58 PM, William Cattey wrote:
> 
> Sadly, the effect of the patch is the same as the most recent candidate
> patch from Jeremy Fitzhardinge:  The EDID transfer still comes up all
> zeros.
> 

I think maybe a better question is: why does read_edid still work?
The X server might be making some invalid assumption about system
state. Comparing the code the two programs use could provide some clues.

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