Re: [BUG] Can not boot linux-2.6.18-rc4-mm2

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Date: Tue Aug 22 2006 - 17:52:42 EST


Paul Drynoff wrote:
I made bisection, here is results:

add-efi-e820-memory-mapping-on-x86.patch - GOOD
#
i386-adds-smp_call_function_single-fix.patch
fix-boot-on-efi-32-bit-machines.patch - GOOD
kill-default_ldt.patch - BAD

Wihtout last patch all works ok.

Hm. Try this:

From: Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>

Fix kill-default_ldt.patch

--- a/arch/i386/kernel/paravirt.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/paravirt.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static fastcall void native_set_ldt(cons
u32 low, high;

pack_descriptor(&low, &high, (unsigned long)addr,
- entries * sizeof(struct desc_struct) - 1,
+ entries * sizeof(struct desc_struct),
DESCTYPE_LDT, 0);
write_gdt_entry(get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu), GDT_ENTRY_LDT, low, high);

===================================================================
--- a/include/asm-i386/desc.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/desc.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static inline void set_ldt(const void *a
__u32 low, high;

pack_descriptor(&low, &high, (unsigned long)addr,
- entries * sizeof(struct desc_struct) - 1,
+ entries * sizeof(struct desc_struct),
DESCTYPE_LDT, 0);
write_gdt_entry(get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu), GDT_ENTRY_LDT, low, high);



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