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2008-06-12x86: fix unused variable 'loops' warning in arch/x86/boot/a20.cManish Katiyar
Following patch fixes the below warning message : arch/x86/boot/a20.c:118: warning: unused variable 'loops' Signed-off-by : Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-05-23x86: fix integer as NULL pointer warningHarvey Harrison
arch/x86/boot/printf.c:59:10: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-04x86: relocs ELF handling - use SELFMAG instead of numeric constantCyrill Gorcunov
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: hpa@zytor.com Cc: mingo@elte.hu Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-29edd: add default mode CONFIG_EDD_OFF=n, override with edd={on,off}Tim Gardner
Add a kernel parameter option to 'edd' to enable/disable BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services. CONFIG_EDD_OFF disables EDD while still compiling EDD into the kernel. Default behavior can be forced using 'edd=on' or 'edd=off' as a kernel parameter. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix kernel-parameters.txt] Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-26x86, boot: add linked list of struct setup_dataHuang, Ying
This patch adds a field of 64-bit physical pointer to NULL terminated single linked list of struct setup_data to real-mode kernel header. This is used as a more extensible boot parameters passing mechanism. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-25Update .gitignore filesMatthew Wilcox
Add some autogenerated files to various .gitignore files Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-19x86: cleanup: change _end to end_before_pgtYinghai Lu
cleanup: change the _end in compressed vmlinux_64.lds. also change _heap to _ebss that is not needed. Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-19x86: cleanup boot-heap usageAlexander van Heukelum
The kernel decompressor wrapper uses memory located beyond the end of the image. This might lead to hard to debug problems, but even if it can be proven to be safe, it is at the very least unclean. I don't see any advantages either, unless you count it not being zeroed out as an advantage. This patch moves the boot-heap area to the bss segment. Signed-off-by: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@fastmail.fm> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-19x86: remove pointless commentsWANG Cong
Remove old comments that include the old arch/i386 directory. Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-17x86: move suspend wakeup code to CPavel Machek
Move wakeup code to .c, so that video mode setting code can be shared between boot and wakeup. Remove nasty assembly code in 64-bit case by re-using trampoline code. Stack setup was fixed to clear high 16bits of %esp, maybe that fixes some machines. .c code sharing and morse code was done H. Peter Anvin, Sam Ravnborg reviewed kbuild related stuff, and it seems okay to him. Rafael did some cleanups. [rjw: * Made the patch stop breaking compilation on x86-32 * Added arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.h * Got rid of compiler warnings in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c * Fixed 32-bit compilation on x86-64 systems * Added include/asm-x86/trampoline.h and fixed the non-SMP compilation on 64-bit x86 * Removed arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep_32.c which was not used * Fixed some breakage caused by the integration of smpboot.c done under us in the meantime] Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17x86: remove superfluous initialisation in boot code.Alexander van Heukelum
In arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c, the variable vidmem is the only variable that ends up in de data segment. It's also superfluous, because the first thing the code does is: if (RM_SCREEN_INFO.orig_video_mode == 7) { vidmem = (char *) 0xb0000; vidport = 0x3b4; } else { vidmem = (char *) 0xb8000; vidport = 0x3d4; } This patch removes the initialisation. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17x86: coding style fixes to arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.cPaolo Ciarrocchi
Before: total: 30 errors, 0 warnings, 262 lines checked After: total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 262 lines checked No code changed: arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.o: text data bss dec hex filename 989 0 96 1085 43d cpucheck.o.before 989 0 96 1085 43d cpucheck.o.after md5: 06634cfefb8438fa284ff903b4cafbce cpucheck.o.before.asm 06634cfefb8438fa284ff903b4cafbce cpucheck.o.after.asm Signed-off-by: Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17x86: coding style fix to arch/x86/boot/pm.cPaolo Ciarrocchi
Before: total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 178 lines checked After: total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 178 lines checked No code changed: arch/x86/boot/pm.o: text data bss dec hex filename 351 0 6 357 165 pm.o.before 351 0 6 357 165 pm.o.after md5: 81de3616bceb29691bf835bb62a84ff1 pm.o.before.asm 81de3616bceb29691bf835bb62a84ff1 pm.o.after.asm Signed-off-by: Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17x86: more cleanups in arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.cIngo Molnar
Before: total: 7 errors, 8 warnings, 471 lines checked After: total: 5 errors, 5 warnings, 479 lines checked ( the rest cannot be eliminated due to zlib interface cruftiness. ) No code changed: arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.o: text data bss dec hex filename 10716 8 2152 12876 324c misc.o.before 10716 8 2152 12876 324c misc.o.after md5: 2c20c903986a3c9bca44306c6646067e misc.o.before.asm 2c20c903986a3c9bca44306c6646067e misc.o.after.asm Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17x86: coding style fixes to arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.cPaolo Ciarrocchi
Fix lots of style errors and warnings. Before: total: 58 errors, 9 warnings, 469 lines checked After: total: 7 errors, 8 warnings, 471 lines checked No code changed: arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.o: text data bss dec hex filename 10716 8 2152 12876 324c misc.o.before 10716 8 2152 12876 324c misc.o.after md5: 2c20c903986a3c9bca44306c6646067e misc.o.before.asm 2c20c903986a3c9bca44306c6646067e misc.o.after.asm Signed-off-by: Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17x86: boot protocol updatesIan Campbell
Also update field names to simply payload_{offset,length} so as to not rule out uncompressed images. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17x86: bump image header to version 2.08.Ingo Molnar
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-17x86: add a crc32 checksum to the kernel image.Ian Campbell
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-17x86: use ELF format in compressed images.Ian Campbell
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-03-07x86-boot: don't request VBE2 informationPeter Korsgaard
The new x86 setup code (4fd06960f120) broke booting on an old P3/500MHz with an onboard Voodoo3 of mine. After debugging it, it turned out to be caused by the fact that the vesa probing now asks for VBE2 data. Disassembing the video BIOS shows that it overflows the vesa_general_info structure when VBE2 data is requested because the source addresses for the information strings which get strcpy'ed to the buffer lie outside the 32K BIOS code (and hence contain long sequences of 0xff's). E.G.: get_vbe_controller_info: 00002A9C 60 pushaw 00002A9D 1E push ds 00002A9E 0E push cs 00002A9F 1F pop ds 00002AA0 2BC9 sub cx,cx 00002AA2 6626813D56424532 cmp dword [es:di],0x32454256 ; "VBE2" 00002AAA 7501 jnz .1 00002AAC 41 inc cx .1: 00002AAD 51 push cx 00002AAE B91400 mov cx,0x14 00002AB1 BED47F mov si, controller_header 00002AB4 57 push di 00002AB5 F3A4 rep movsb ; copy vbe1.2 header 00002AB7 B9EC00 mov cx,0xec 00002ABA 2AC0 sub al,al 00002ABC F3AA rep stosb ; zero pad remainder 00002ABE 5F pop di 00002ABF E8EB0D call word get_memory 00002AC2 C1E002 shl ax,0x2 00002AC5 26894512 mov [es:di+0x12],ax ; total memory 00002AC9 26C745040003 mov word [es:di+0x4],0x300 ; VBE version 00002ACF 268C4D08 mov [es:di+0x8],cs 00002AD3 268C4D10 mov [es:di+0x10],cs 00002AD7 59 pop cx 00002AD8 E361 jcxz .done ; VBE2 requested? 00002ADA 8D9D0001 lea bx,[di+0x100] 00002ADE 53 push bx 00002ADF 87DF xchg bx,di ; di now points to 2nd half 00002AE1 26C747140001 mov word [es:bx+0x14],0x100 ; sw rev 00002AE7 26897F06 mov [es:bx+0x6],di ; oem string 00002AEB 268C4708 mov [es:bx+0x8],es 00002AEF BE5280 mov si,0x8052 ; oem string 00002AF2 E87A1B call word strcpy 00002AF5 26897F0E mov [es:bx+0xe],di ; video mode list 00002AF9 268C4710 mov [es:bx+0x10],es 00002AFD B91E00 mov cx,0x1e 00002B00 BEE87F mov si,vidmodes 00002B03 F3A5 rep movsw 00002B05 26897F16 mov [es:bx+0x16],di ; oem vendor 00002B09 268C4718 mov [es:bx+0x18],es 00002B0D BE2480 mov si,0x8024 ; oem vendor 00002B10 E85C1B call word strcpy 00002B13 26897F1A mov [es:bx+0x1a],di ; oem product 00002B17 268C471C mov [es:bx+0x1c],es 00002B1B BE3880 mov si,0x8038 ; oem product 00002B1E E84E1B call word strcpy 00002B21 26897F1E mov [es:bx+0x1e],di ; oem product rev 00002B25 268C4720 mov [es:bx+0x20],es 00002B29 BE4580 mov si,0x8045 ; oem product rev 00002B2C E8401B call word strcpy 00002B2F 58 pop ax 00002B30 B90001 mov cx,0x100 00002B33 2BCF sub cx,di 00002B35 03C8 add cx,ax 00002B37 2AC0 sub al,al 00002B39 F3AA rep stosb ; zero pad .done: 00002B3B 1F pop ds 00002B3C 61 popaw 00002B3D B84F00 mov ax,0x4f 00002B40 C3 ret (The full BIOS can be found at http://peter.korsgaard.com/vgabios.bin if interested). The old setup code didn't ask for VBE2 info, and the new code doesn't actually do anything with the extra information, so the fix is to simply not request it. Other BIOS'es might have the same problem. Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-02-26x86: handle BIOSes which terminate e820 with CF=1 and no SMAPH. Peter Anvin
The proper way to terminate the e820 chain is with %ebx == 0 on the last legitimate memory block. However, several BIOSes don't do that and instead return error (CF = 1) when trying to read off the end of the list. For this error return, %eax doesn't necessarily return the SMAP signature -- correctly so, since %ah should contain an error code in this case. To deal with some particularly broken BIOSes, we clear the entire e820 chain if the SMAP signature is missing in the middle, indicating a plain insane e820 implementation. However, we need to make the test for CF = 1 before the SMAP check. This fixes at least one HP laptop (nc6400) for which none of the memory-probing methods (e820, e801, 88) functioned fully according to spec. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-02-09Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86: (32 commits) x86: cpa, strict range check in try_preserve_large_page() x86: cpa, enable CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC on 64-bit x86: cpa, use page pool x86: introduce page pool in cpa x86: DEBUG_PAGEALLOC: enable after mem_init() brk: help text typo fix lguest: accept guest _PAGE_PWT page table entries x86 PM: update stale comments x86 PM: consolidate suspend and hibernation code x86 PM: rename 32-bit files in arch/x86/power x86 PM: move 64-bit hibernation files to arch/x86/power x86: trivial printk optimizations x86: fix early_ioremap pagetable ops x86: construct 32-bit boot time page tables in native format. x86, core: remove CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING x86: avoid unused variable warning in mm/init_64.c x86: fixup more paravirt fallout brk: document randomize_va_space and CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK (was Re: x86: fix sparse warnings in acpi/bus.c x86: fix sparse warning in topology.c ...
2008-02-09Update arch/x86/boot/.gitignore with new auto-generated filesS.Çağlar Onur
Signed-off-by: S.Çağlar Onur <caglar@pardus.org.tr> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-09x86: trivial printk optimizationsDenys Vlasenko
In arch/x86/boot/printf.c gets rid of unused tail of digits: const char *digits = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; (we are using 0-9a-f only) Uses smaller/faster lowercasing (by ORing with 0x20) if we know that we work on numbers/digits. Makes strtoul smaller, and also we are getting rid of static const char small_digits[] = "0123456789abcdefx"; static const char large_digits[] = "0123456789ABCDEFX"; since this works equally well: static const char digits[16] = "0123456789ABCDEF"; Size savings: $ size vmlinux.org vmlinux text data bss dec hex filename 877320 112252 90112 1079684 107984 vmlinux.org 877048 112252 90112 1079412 107874 vmlinux It may be also a tiny bit faster because code has less branches now, but I doubt it is measurable. [ hugh@veritas.com: uppercase pointers fix ] Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-02-04x86: rename LARGE_PAGE_SIZE to PMD_PAGE_SIZEAndi Kleen
Fix up all users. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-02-04x86 setup: print missing CPU features in cleartextH. Peter Anvin
Instead of obscure numbers, print the list of missing CPU features in cleartext. To conserve space, use a host program (mkcpustr.c) to produce a compact list of mandatory features only. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-02-04x86: define OBJCOPYFLAGS explicitly for each target.Ian Campbell
Do this rather than defining a global version and overriding it in almost all cases in order to make subsequent patches simpler. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-02-01x86: fix comments in vmlinux_64.ldsYinghai Lu
for bzImage, the vmlinux_64.lds still have s32 bit code, and startup_32 should be 0. fix the comment. Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@sun.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-01-30x86: unify arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_??.cIan Campbell
Remainder of unification can occur inplace. size reports no change in arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: unify variable names in arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_??.cIan Campbell
size reports no change in arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: unify headers in arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_??.cIan Campbell
size reports no change in arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: unify whitespace and comments in arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_??.cIan Campbell
size reports no change in arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: unify strings in arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_??.cIan Campbell
There seems to be a preference for the 64 bit version so use that on 32 bit and drop the stray leading "." Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: unify arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_??.scrIan Campbell
The files are now identical so merge them. size reports no change in arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: switch to .rodata.compressed in arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_??.scrIan Campbell
vmlinux_64 and vmlinux_32.scr are now identical size shows an expected movement from .text to .rodata and 4 extra bytes of padding. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: unify whitespace in arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_??.scrIan Campbell
size reports no change in arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: unify whitespace and comments in arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_??.ldsIan Campbell
size reports no change in arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: remove unneded castsJan Engelhardt
x86: remove unneeded casts Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: correct the base in the GDT_ENTRY() macroH. Peter Anvin
The GDT_ENTRY() macro in pm.c would incorrectly cut the bottom 8 bits off the base. We didn't define any bases with the bottom 8 bits nonzero, so it is a non-manifest bug, but it's still a bug. Pointed out by John Smith <johnsmith9344@gmail.com>. Cc: John Smith <johnsmith9344@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: guard the heap against invalid stack setupsH. Peter Anvin
If we use the bootloader-provided stack pointer, we might end up in a situation where the bootloader (incorrectly) pointed the stack in the middle of our heap. Catch this by simply comparing the computed heap end value to the stack pointer minus the defined stack size. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: push video mode setup as late as possibleH. Peter Anvin
Push video mode setup as late as possible; messages issued through the BIOS interface after video mode setup will either not be seen (for framebuffer modes) or will screw up the cursor (for text modes.) In particular, this makes the EDD probing message show up correctly. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: add note to use edd=off on EDD probing hangsH. Peter Anvin
Tell the user to specify edd=off in the case of EDD probing hangs. Per LKML discussion. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: add missing prototype; formatting fixH. Peter Anvin
Add prototype for cmdline_find_option_bool() missing from: x86 setup: early cmdline parser handle boolean options Also, fix up a minor formatting error in that patch. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: OK -> ok (no need to scream)H. Peter Anvin
Unnecessary capitals are shouting; no need for it here. Thus, change "OK" to "ok" and add a space. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: be more verbose when probing EDDdevzero@web.de
On early boot, probing the Bios for EDD happens without any message. Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is a mechanism to match x86 BIOS device names (int13 device 80h) to Linux device names (e.g. /dev/sda, /dev/hda) There are buggy Bios out there having problems with EDD. This can be problems with the Bios itself or with addon cards, too. This patch is adds an informational message on early boot. CONFIG_EDD is not set with defconfig, but with allmodconfig (i.e. CONFIG_EDD=m) so the EDD probe may be active on early boot on many systems nowadays. I can tell, that the probe is active on SuSE distro and with that I have seen more than one system hanging endlessly with those "black screen with a blinking cursor in the the upper left" on installation, making it difficult for the end- user to find out, what`s the issue. For sure I have seen this on FujitsuSiemens PCs with i810 and with i815 chipset. This one also honours the "quiet" bootparam. Also see: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119781937207969&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119783934032326&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119783678529100&w=2 Signed-off-by: Roland Kletzing <devzero@web.de> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: early cmdline parser handle boolean optionsdevzero@web.de
This patch extends the early commandline parser to support boolean options. The current version in mainline only supports parsing "option=arg" value pairs. With this it should be easy making other messages like "Uncompressing kernel" honour the "quiet" parameter, too. Signed-off-by: Roland Kletzing <devzero@web.de> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: fix constraints in segment accessor functionsH. Peter Anvin
Fix the operand constraints for the segment accessor functions, {rd,wr}{fs,gs}*. In particular, the 8-bit functions used "r" constraints instead of "q" constraints. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: display VESA graphics modes in vga=ask menuH. Peter Anvin
Display VESA graphics modes, with their mode IDs, in the vga=ask menu. Most VESA mode numbers are platform-dependent, so it helps to have an easy way to display them. Based in part on a patch by Petr Vandrovec <petr@vandrovec.name>. Cc: Petr Vandrovec <petr@vandrovec.name> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: use X86_CR0_PE macro instead of hard-coded constantH. Peter Anvin
To set CR0.PE, use the X86_CR0_PE macro defined in <asm/processor-flags.h> instead of hardcoding it as a constant (1). Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: initialize LDTR and TR to make life easier to Intel VTH. Peter Anvin
Intel VT doesn't like to engage when the protected-mode state isn't fully initialized. Make life easier for it by initializing LDTR (to null) and TR (to a dummy hunk of low memory which will never actually be touched.) Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>