linux-kernel - Re: Setup code crashes my old 486 box

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Message-ID: <48A2FEC2.9000209@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:33:22 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
CC:	mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Setup code crashes my old 486 box

Joerg Roedel wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 03:57:31PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Right in concept, but I dislike the implementation (duplication of the 
>> CPU detect code we already have).  Could you try this patch and see if 
>> it works for you?
> 
> Cool, with a small modification to fix a build error with it the
> resulting kernel boots my machine. Thanks.
> Would be cool to have this patch one merged soon :-)
> Attached is your patch with my little build fix. It redefines a values
> already defines in cpufeatures.h but I can't include that file in the
> boot code so I simply redeclared it. Maybe there is a cleaner solution
> for this.
> 

There is... let me cook it up and add Alan's correction.

	-hpa
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