linux-kernel - Re: pxeboot broken by commit "x86 setup: handle boot loaders which set up the stack incorrectly"

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Date:	Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:49:55 -0800
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: pxeboot broken by commit "x86 setup: handle boot loaders which set up the stack incorrectly"

On Nov 6, 2007 11:08 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> Ah, right - this was a longstanding bug in syslinux which was fixed in 3.50-pre7.  The workaround for abug in old LILO exposed a bug in old syslinux.  Joy.
>
> --
> Sent from my cellphone (pardon any lack of formatting)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 20:12
> To: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> Subject: Re: pxeboot broken by commit "x86 setup: handle boot loaders which set up the stack incorrectly"
>
>
> On Nov 6, 2007 6:49 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> > Could you check if 3.52 is affected as well?
> >
> > --
> 3.52 works
>
> YH
>
>

good to know. everyone need to update to 3.52 now...
but i still can not understand why that mcp55 system works but the
ck804 based doesn't on 3.10

YH
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