> The current driver is not SMP-safe. It is modifying the GDT descriptors
> outside of the pnp_bios_lock. Also, you can remove the __cli(), as
> spin_lock_irq() already turns off interrupts.
The GDT descriptors are private to the PNP BIOS and constant values once
set up. No PnPBIOS call is made before the configuration is done.
Seems ok to me - or am I missing something ?
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