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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@hotmail.com>
Cc: chris@csamuel.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, tglx@linutronix.de,
	mingo@redhat.com, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.39-rc4 hangs after "Booting the kernel" on quad Pentium Pro system
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:26:03 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DB238BB.2010204@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SNT125-W632CB71E47020C0C05FBDCC3940@phx.gbl>

On 04/22/2011 06:46 PM, Yuhong Bao wrote:
> 
> If it was really BIOS-e801 and not BIOS-88 returning this, looks like this is probably a kernel bug in the parsing of the results.
>>> This would be easy to diagnose with DOS DEBUG with no himem.sys
>>> loaded.
>>
>> Would be happy to try with some instructions if it would help.
> Enter these instructions using the A command and execute with the T command:
> mov AX, E801
> INT 15
> INT 3
> And provide the results of the AX, BX, CX, and DX registers after the INT 15h.
>  

Executing these from DOS DEBUG won't give you real results, because DOS
intercepts this call.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-23  2:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-22 13:33 Chris Samuel
2011-04-22 13:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-22 19:09   ` Yinghai Lu
2011-04-22 19:29     ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-22 19:46       ` Yinghai Lu
2011-04-23  0:20   ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-22 16:34 ` Alan Cox
2011-04-23  0:16   ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-23  1:28     ` Yuhong Bao
2011-04-23  1:35       ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-23  1:46         ` Yuhong Bao
2011-04-23  2:26           ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2011-04-23  2:31             ` Yuhong Bao
2011-04-23  4:33           ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-23  5:22           ` Chris Samuel
     [not found]             ` <SNT125-W25B0C502FF72465BC6B55BC3940@phx.gbl>
     [not found]               ` <201104231855.47680.chris@csamuel.org>
2011-04-23 10:47                 ` FW: " Yuhong Bao
2011-04-23 13:52                   ` Thomas Meyer
2011-04-23 17:51                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-23 23:24                     ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-24  0:16                     ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-24  0:22                       ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-24  8:46                         ` Yinghai Lu
2011-04-25 11:13                           ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-25 23:25                     ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86, setup: When probing memory with e801, use ax/bx as a pair tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-26  4:50                       ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-26  8:12                         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-27  3:30                           ` Chris Samuel
2011-05-05 11:57                           ` Chris Samuel
2011-05-05 12:10                             ` Ingo Molnar
2011-05-06 11:47                               ` Chris Samuel
2011-05-06 12:04                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-05-06 12:10                                   ` Chris Samuel
2011-05-30  4:54                       ` Yuhong Bao
2011-04-23  2:03       ` 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.39-rc4 hangs after "Booting the kernel" on quad Pentium Pro system H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-23  6:43         ` Chris Samuel
     [not found]     ` <1ac2dd46-0677-4be6-aca0-f8787da34cee@email.android.com>
2011-04-23  1:36       ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-23  9:35     ` Alan Cox
2011-04-23 10:35       ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-23 11:32         ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-23 13:11       ` Chris Samuel

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