Re: [PATCH 1/8] Remove cpu_gdt_table: use boot_gdt_table until migration to per-cpu

[Ingo Molnar]

* Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > +	.quad 0x00cf9a000000ffff	/* boot: 4GB code at 0x00000000 */
> > +	.quad 0x00cf92000000ffff	/* boot: 4GB data at 0x00000000 */
> >  	.quad 0x0000000000000000	/* 0x20 unused */
> >  	.quad 0x0000000000000000	/* 0x28 unused */
> >  	.quad 0x0000000000000000	/* 0x33 TLS entry 1 */
> 
> actually, the reason for the small boot GDT was that some systems 
> wouldnt even boot with a larger GDT. (there was some BIOS interaction, 
> forgot what it was - iirc it was mach-visws and also some other older 
> box)
> 
> the 'simplification' you do here is actually how Linux worked before 
> it was fixed for those systems.
> 
> so i'd be quite nervous to touch this area of the GDT code. (I'd 
> support a renaming though, gdt_table is indeed ugly.)

and this seems to have a ripple effect on the rest of your GDT changes - 
i'll wait for this to be cleared before doing a line by line review of 
them. I commented on the mostly-unaffected ones already.

	Ingo
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