Re: x86 setup code rewrite in C
From: Al Boldi
Date: Tue Jul 10 2007 - 13:32:55 EST
H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> This patch set replaces the x86 setup code, which is currently all in
> assembly, with a version written in C, using the ".code16gcc" feature
> of binutils (which has been present since at least 2001.)
>
> The new code is vastly easier to read, and, I hope, debug. It should
> be noted that I found a fair number of minor bugs while going through
> this code, and have attempted to correct them.
I have an i810 which supends-to-ram just fine, but when booted over pxe it
just hangs. Will these patches fix this, and if so, is there an easy
tar-ball against 2.6.22?
Thanks!
--
Al
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