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diff --git a/patches/linux-2.6.17/git-2a8a3d5b65e86ec1dfef7d268c64a909eab94af7.patch b/patches/linux-2.6.17/git-2a8a3d5b65e86ec1dfef7d268c64a909eab94af7.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0c818c31c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/patches/linux-2.6.17/git-2a8a3d5b65e86ec1dfef7d268c64a909eab94af7.patch @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +diff -pruN ../orig-linux-2.6.17/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c ./arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c +--- ../orig-linux-2.6.17/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c 2007-01-08 15:01:25.000000000 +0000 ++++ ./arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c 2007-01-08 15:12:20.000000000 +0000 +@@ -189,14 +189,11 @@ NORET_TYPE void machine_kexec(struct kim + memcpy((void *)reboot_code_buffer, relocate_new_kernel, + relocate_new_kernel_size); + +- /* The segment registers are funny things, they are +- * automatically loaded from a table, in memory wherever you +- * set them to a specific selector, but this table is never +- * accessed again you set the segment to a different selector. +- * +- * The more common model is are caches where the behide +- * the scenes work is done, but is also dropped at arbitrary +- * times. ++ /* The segment registers are funny things, they have both a ++ * visible and an invisible part. Whenever the visible part is ++ * set to a specific selector, the invisible part is loaded ++ * with from a table in memory. At no other time is the ++ * descriptor table in memory accessed. + * + * I take advantage of this here by force loading the + * segments, before I zap the gdt with an invalid value. +diff -pruN ../orig-linux-2.6.17/arch/x86_64/kernel/machine_kexec.c ./arch/x86_64/kernel/machine_kexec.c +--- ../orig-linux-2.6.17/arch/x86_64/kernel/machine_kexec.c 2007-01-08 15:01:25.000000000 +0000 ++++ ./arch/x86_64/kernel/machine_kexec.c 2007-01-08 15:12:20.000000000 +0000 +@@ -207,14 +207,11 @@ NORET_TYPE void machine_kexec(struct kim + __flush_tlb(); + + +- /* The segment registers are funny things, they are +- * automatically loaded from a table, in memory wherever you +- * set them to a specific selector, but this table is never +- * accessed again unless you set the segment to a different selector. +- * +- * The more common model are caches where the behide +- * the scenes work is done, but is also dropped at arbitrary +- * times. ++ /* The segment registers are funny things, they have both a ++ * visible and an invisible part. Whenever the visible part is ++ * set to a specific selector, the invisible part is loaded ++ * with from a table in memory. At no other time is the ++ * descriptor table in memory accessed. + * + * I take advantage of this here by force loading the + * segments, before I zap the gdt with an invalid value. |