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Re: [PATCH] zero-fill entry before asking BIOS for memory map


From: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Subject: Re: [PATCH] zero-fill entry before asking BIOS for memory map
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:21:02 +0200

>> +     /* clear the request area, buggy BIOSes may not clear it */
>> +     xor     %edi, %edi
>> +     movl    %edi, 4(%eax)
>> +     movl    %edi, 8(%eax)
>> +     movl    %edi, 12(%eax)
>> +     movl    %edi, 16(%eax)
>> +     movl    %edi, 20(%eax)
>
> This effectively hardcodes sizeof(entry).  Can we avoid it?
Can one or another version be merge for release?


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Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko

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