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SubjectRE: [patch] Fix GDT re-load on ACPI resume
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>The ACPI resume code currently uses a real-mode 16-bit lgdt instruction
to
>reload the GDT. This only restores the lower 24 bits of the GDT base
>address. In recent kernels, the GDT seems to have moved out of the
lower
>16 megs, thereby causing the ACPI resume to fail -- an invalid GDT was
>being loaded.
>
>This simple patch adds the 0x66 prefix to lgdt, which forces it to load
>all 32 bits of the GDT base address, thereby removing any restrictions
on
>where the GDT can be placed in memory. This makes ACPI resume work for
me
>on a Thinkpad T40 laptop.
>
>-- kolya
>
>--- linux-2.6.9/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/wakeup.S 2004/11/15 09:00:34
1.1
>+++ linux-2.6.9/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/wakeup.S 2004/11/15 20:33:27
>@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
> movw $0x0e00 + 'i', %fs:(0x12)
>
> # need a gdt
>+ .byte 0x66 # force 32-bit operands in case
>+ # the GDT is past 16 megabytes
> lgdt real_save_gdt - wakeup_code
>
> movl real_save_cr0 - wakeup_code, %eax
There is a patch from hiroit@mcn.ne.jp to fix the GDT issue. You can try
it.
Please cc 'acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net' for suspend/resume issue.

Thanks,
Shaohua
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