linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2 v3] Use structs instead of hardcoded offsets in x86 boot decompressor.

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Message-Id: <1212091111.6189.12.camel@gaara.bos.redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 May 2008 15:58:31 -0400
From:	Kristian Høgsberg <krh@...hat.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v3] Use structs instead of hardcoded offsets in x86
	boot decompressor.

On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 11:48 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Kristian Høgsberg wrote:
> > 
> > Updated this one to be less intrusive; we just re-#define RM_SCREEN_INFO to
> > access the boot_params struct instead of using the hard-coded offset.
> > 
> 
> Any reason to leave it in as a macro at all, instead of just 
> s/RM_SCREEN_INFO/real_mode->screen_info/g?

Only to keep the patch smaller.  Accessing the struct directly is
definitely nicer, I'll do the sed job when I resubmit with the other
patch.

cheers,
Kristian

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