Re: [GIT PULL] Bug- and documentation fixes for the x86 setup code

[H. Peter Anvin]

Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>> H. Peter Anvin (5):
>>       [x86 setup] MAINTAINERS: document x86 setup code git tree
>>       [x86 setup] build/tools.c: fix comment
>>       [x86 setup] Fix assembly constraints
>>       [x86 setup] VGA: Clear the Protect bit before setting the vertical height
>>       [x86 setup] Save/restore DS around invocations of INT 10h
> 
> Are there / were there known problems with running new setup code on
> AMD Geode and similar strange cpus? I tried to get wyse thin client to
> work, and it worked ok in 2.6.22, but something broke early in boot
> (doublefault?) with newer versions.
> 

Note also that with the new setup code you can put printf() in the setup
code; so sprinking the code with printfs and figuring out *where* it's
failing is probably step 1.

	-hpa
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