linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86 setup: correct booting on 486DX4

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Message-ID: <472E6001.9040404@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:12:49 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Mikael Petterson <mikpe@...uu.se>,
	Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86 setup: correct booting on 486DX4

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> Apparently because the Intel documentation disagrees with itself. That's 
> all.
> 

Just to be perfectly clear: I much prefer the code with the short (near) 
jump, because it keeps the code cleaner.  I have sent a patch to Mikael 
to test out.

	-hpa
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