On Friday, 28 September 2007 02:12, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Jordan Crouse wrote: > > > > Worked, but that just raises more questions. Why didn't more x86 boxes > > break or, alternatively, why did a new version of the BIOS fix the problem? > > I guess we shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. Or something. > > > > Why didn't more x86 boxes break... well, it's pretty natural an > implementation of the BIOS to not clobber registers that aren't outputs. > Arguably the BIOSes that do are still buggy, since there isn't a > well-defined calling sequence for the BIOS and the convention that has > evolved is "don't clobber anything unless it's an output." > > It's still wrong, however, especially since it means omitting the *real* > SMAP check.
I'd like to update http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9086 with correct information. Should I add a pointer to the patch from your previous message to it? Greetings, Rafael - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
