From: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, andi@firstfloor.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [x86 setup 31/33] Use the new x86 setup code for i386
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:27:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46974586.3050505@imap.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <11841815433482-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com>
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H. Peter Anvin schrieb:
> From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
>
> This patch hooks the new x86 setup code into the Makefile machinery. It
> also adapts boot/tools/build.c to a two-file (as opposed to three-file)
> universe, and simplifies it substantially.
[...]
> diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/tools/build.c b/arch/i386/boot/tools/build.c
> index 0579841..886f47d 100644
> --- a/arch/i386/boot/tools/build.c
> +++ b/arch/i386/boot/tools/build.c
> @@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
> /*
> * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
> * Copyright (C) 1997 Martin Mares
> + * Copyright (C) 2007 H. Peter Anvin
> */
>
> /*
> * This file builds a disk-image from three different files:
> *
> - * - bootsect: compatibility mbr which prints an error message if
> - * someone tries to boot the kernel directly.
> * - setup: 8086 machine code, sets up system parm
> * - system: 80386 code for actual system
> *
You might want to change the word "three" to "two" in the first
line of that comment.
HTH
T.
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2007-07-11 19:18 x86 setup code rewrite in C - revised H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <7aca4ce0a222438c94300a2ea535270a21db8812.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 01/33] x86 setup: MAINTAINERS: formally take responsibility for the i386 boot code H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <e2ef08d659e025247a9de7e16784d695161c317e.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 02/33] hd.c: remove BIOS/CMOS queries H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <c20a5e19075b8eb5a5dd5f350c2012a71f072d56.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 03/33] include/asm-i386/boot.h: This is <asm/boot.h>, not <linux/boot.h> H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <c74269f00504931e6a653be3b4f0684ca8753561.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 04/33] Unify the CPU features vectors between i386 and x86-64 H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <6ca6bf20ba1c8bef47e0042657fd9dccad3404b8.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 05/33] Change CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_MODEL to CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <068e40b5e554720f1c3f1a966f5ea3d16cb8bbc5.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 06/33] Clean up struct screen_info (<linux/screen_info.h>) H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <b7ce2cdc4470b799c0ca96459898a24d1d04e8f5.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 07/33] Use a new CPU feature word to cover all Intel features that are spread around H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <e21d26f6728a59ddc9f19efdc111c5ed069cd1c0.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 08/33] Define zero-page offset 0x1e4 as a scratch field, and use it H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <e6a39812b9f6930a943ec96de73f270cb07cc2c2.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 09/33] Make definitions for struct e820entry and struct e820map consistent H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <ee5aac7aaaa45d7bab8fe9bc2e5ac4fb8b9c3e44.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 10/33] Make struct boot_params a real structure, and remove obsolete fields H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <e75ca1b52aabe4d87c9db5d29eaff7fe5505bde4.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 11/33] x86-64: add CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN for consistency with i386 H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <9c629383add61d72f69fde427153cb6b57f22188.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 12/33] x86-64: add symbolic constants for the boot segment selectors H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <ab1907cf095c021d5e721b9df84d7c4e6de82e66.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 13/33] Header file to produce 16-bit code with gcc H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <949c4631547d635d11605ddab03a18aa6e74483d.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 14/33] Top header file for new x86 setup code H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <03eade29601f9ca92ea95e241aaa7bfbcaaf0c6c.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 15/33] Simple bitops for the " H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <8697ab9d1471721ca1c40a2224191d276c78ea0e.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 16/33] String-handling functions " H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <fe891becb7c2f4551a36056287a16696d77a8afa.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 17/33] A20 handling code H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <d1d88acb7f06459e4d906701132bfeffebfb04a3.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 18/33] APM probing code H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <f0db7b1f909cdf2dd895c5c44273dd46ffb5addc.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 19/33] Command-line parsing code for the new x86 setup code H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <f38ae9eb84193af6271ed2294992f589fabc8b3d.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 20/33] Console-writing " H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <6ffab1ac3c68a7cdc06ae6c54c5d564b47d49e17.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 21/33] Version string " H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <39a01d42c01c5034adea3b442c6698983bd4d921.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 22/33] CPU features verification " H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <099b1190b55993dc1ee0ac7bf4faa3bf55ce5223.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 23/33] EDD probing code " H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <16466ebe45a5054920bf2e67083663eccf8da662.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 24/33] MCA support for " H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <67bea0be0e4af894483cd7d8e725631d24e9c263.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 25/33] Memory probing support for the " H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <76894ec63ab814078b628b5697e1b86d6421b187.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 26/33] Voyager " H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <43b8a8153855d9af17029fcfcadebd8d4b14b7c4.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 28/33] Code for actual protected-mode entry H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <1a615a45477fc9b51fcb45279215881cc92dd794.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 29/33] Assembly header and main routine for new x86 setup code H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <5024dde46d1d0a742fcdcfcbff6a1112cb6c4729.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 30/33] Linker script for the " H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <70ac788a6377732e01a3f870f1bb2fe216f5b995.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 31/33] Use the new x86 setup code for i386 H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-13 9:27 ` Tilman Schmidt [this message]
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2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 32/33] Use the new x86 setup code for x86-64; unify with i386 H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <5823c605b63bb9712f05fa73ab07d66a4f6e0f92.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 33/33] Remove old i386 setup code H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <509992ad2f618e07db2c72a96f8f5d708bfc6991.1184181208.git.hpa@zytor.com>
2007-07-11 19:18 ` [x86 setup 27/33] Video mode probing support for the new x86 " H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-16 10:59 ` Martin Mares
2007-07-11 20:08 ` x86 setup code rewrite in C - revised Jeff Garzik
2007-07-11 20:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-12 17:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-12 17:30 ` Andrew Morton
2007-07-12 17:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-12 19:38 ` Andi Kleen
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2007-07-10 2:51 x86 setup code rewrite in C H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 01/33] x86 setup: MAINTAINERS: formally take responsibility for the i386 boot code H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 02/33] hd.c: remove BIOS/CMOS queries H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 03/33] include/asm-i386/boot.h: This is <asm/boot.h>, not <linux/boot.h> H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 04/33] Unify the CPU features vectors between i386 and x86-64 H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 05/33] Change CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_MODEL to CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 06/33] Clean up struct screen_info (<linux/screen_info.h>) H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 07/33] Use a new CPU feature word to cover all Intel features that are spread around H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 08/33] Define zero-page offset 0x1e4 as a scratch field, and use it H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 09/33] Make definitions for struct e820entry and struct e820map consistent H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 10/33] Make struct boot_params a real structure, and remove obsolete fields H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 11/33] x86-64: add CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN for consistency with i386 H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 12/33] x86-64: add symbolic constants for the boot segment selectors H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 13/33] Header file to produce 16-bit code with gcc H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 14/33] Top header file for new x86 setup code H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 15/33] Simple bitops for the " H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 16/33] String-handling functions " H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 17/33] A20 handling code H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 18/33] APM probing code H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 19/33] Command-line parsing code for the new x86 setup code H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:51 ` [x86 setup 20/33] Console-writing " H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:52 ` [x86 setup 21/33] Version string " H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:52 ` [x86 setup 22/33] CPU features verification " H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:52 ` [x86 setup 23/33] EDD probing code " H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:52 ` [x86 setup 24/33] MCA support for " H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:52 ` [x86 setup 25/33] Memory probing support for the " H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:52 ` [x86 setup 26/33] Voyager " H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:52 ` [x86 setup 27/33] Video mode probing " H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:52 ` [x86 setup 28/33] Code for actual protected-mode entry H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:52 ` [x86 setup 29/33] Assembly header and main routine for new x86 setup code H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 2:52 ` [x86 setup 30/33] Linker script for the " H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <2034f71d414def30de582fb59573295cadbdabb4.1184032748.git.hpa@zytor.com>
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2007-07-10 2:52 ` [x86 setup 31/33] Use the new x86 setup code for i386 H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-10 7:55 ` Tilman Schmidt
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