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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hpa/linux-2.6-x86setup

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hpa/linux-2.6-x86setup:
  [x86 setup] Correct the SMAP check for INT 0x15, AX=0xe820
Linus Torvalds 18 years ago
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1 changed files with 6 additions and 3 deletions
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      arch/i386/boot/memory.c

+ 6 - 3
arch/i386/boot/memory.c

@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@ static int detect_memory_e820(void)
 
 	do {
 		size = sizeof(struct e820entry);
-		id = SMAP;
+
+		/* Important: %edx is clobbered by some BIOSes,
+		   so it must be either used for the error output
+		   or explicitly marked clobbered. */
 		asm("int $0x15; setc %0"
-		    : "=am" (err), "+b" (next), "+d" (id), "+c" (size),
+		    : "=d" (err), "+b" (next), "=a" (id), "+c" (size),
 		      "=m" (*desc)
-		    : "D" (desc), "a" (0xe820));
+		    : "D" (desc), "d" (SMAP), "a" (0xe820));
 
 		/* Some BIOSes stop returning SMAP in the middle of
 		   the search loop.  We don't know exactly how the BIOS