Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 07:45:34 -0600
From: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
To: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2004@gmx.net>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: boot option for CONFIG_EDD_SKIP_MBR?
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On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 02:35:58PM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> [please CC: me on replies]
> having had problems (inifinte hang on boot) with some Fujitsu
> Siemens Scenic computers when EDD was enabled, I asked myself
> if it would be possible to add a boot option edd=nombr and
> possibly also another boot option edd=off to the EDD code in
> the kernel. These would correspond to CONFIG_EDD_SKIP_MBR
> and CONFIG_EDD, respectively.
>
> Yes, option parsing before entering protected mode is ugly,
> but the vga setup code does it, too.
> 
> What do you think?

I'd love it.  I hadn't done it as I thought it would be ugly, and so
far I could blame buggy BIOSes for the delay.  If you want to work up
a patch, I'll gladly review and apply something that does such.

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Domsch
Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer
Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
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