linux-kernel - Re: "Glove box" BIOS patch causes boot flicker

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.01.1009232052230.16976@obet.zrqbmnf.qr>
Date:	Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:54:10 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: "Glove box" BIOS patch causes boot flicker

On Wednesday 2010-09-22 02:34, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

>There were some minor bugs (typos) in the conversion to the glove box 
>coding style. The ones we have found have been fixed, so the first 
>thing is to try the current mainline or the current tip tree.  
>Otherwise I would look for issues where either the wrong register is 
>changed, or something like a variable is changed instead of a field.

I tried v2.6.36-rc5 now, and it looks better. The cursor position is 
retained as desired. The mode switch is still there, albeit much 
shorter than it used to be.
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