Diffed against 2.4.15-pre6, changes the MP flointing pointer
struct scanning from the whole 4k of the EBDA to only the first k as
specified in the MP1.4 spec sheets.
Regards,
Zwane Mwaikambo
diff -urb linux-2.4.15-pre6-orig/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c linux-2.4.15-pre6-zm/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c
--- linux-2.4.15-pre6-orig/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c Sun Nov 18 15:18:05 2001
+++ linux-2.4.15-pre6-zm/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c Tue Nov 20 11:46:20 2001
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@
address = *(unsigned short *)phys_to_virt(0x40E);
address <<= 4;
- smp_scan_config(address, 0x1000);
+ smp_scan_config(address, 0x400);
if (smp_found_config)
printk(KERN_WARNING "WARNING: MP table in the EBDA can be UNSAFE, contact [email protected] if you experience SMP problems!\n");
}