Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936799AbZDJRTH (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:19:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S935382AbZDJRSn (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:18:43 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:53185 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1765510AbZDJRSm (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:18:42 -0400 Message-ID: <49DF7F2E.4050909@zytor.com> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:17:34 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pavel Machek CC: mingo@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@linux.intel.com, rjw@sisk.pl, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [tip:x86/setup] x86, setup: "glove box" BIOS calls -- infrastructure References: <49DE7F79.4030106@zytor.com> <20090410080444.GC16512@elf.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <20090410080444.GC16512@elf.ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 509 Lines: 19 Pavel Machek wrote: > >> +/* >> + * "Glove box" for BIOS calls. Avoids the constant problems with BIOSes >> + * touching memory they shouldn't be. >> + */ > > Touching memory? AFAICT it only prevents touching registers. > Ah yes. -EBUGGYCOMMENT. ;) -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/