Re: [PATCH] more i386 head.S cleanups
From: Coywolf Qi Hunt
Date: Thu Apr 15 2004 - 09:16:08 EST
Brian Gerst wrote:
- Move empty_zero_page and swapper_pg_dir to BSS. This requires that
BSS is cleared earlier, but reclaims over 3k that was lost due to page
alignment.
- Move stack_start, ready, and int_msg, boot_gdt_descr, idt_descr, and
cpu_gdt_descr to .data. They were interfering with disassembly while in
.text.
Interesting, two years ago in 2002, you sent a patch basically of the
same idea.
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0208.0/0850.html
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Coywolf Qi Hunt
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