Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86, head_32: Remove an old gcc2 fix | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Date | Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:52:01 -0800 |
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However... DF should have been cleared long before this...
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
>From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> > >gcc2 wants direction flag cleared but we don't support gcc2 anymore. So >drop it. Original patch adding this was: > >commit 57d40092c375d2b6d34f814f5fb306967e22c4f5 >Author: linus1 <torvalds@linuxfoundation.org> >Date: Mon Nov 9 12:00:00 1992 -0600 > > [PATCH] Linux-0.98.4 (November 9, 1992) >... > >Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> >--- > arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S | 1 - > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) > >diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S >index 75e96d7e4e5f..fc56613224c3 100644 >--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S >+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S >@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ is486: > xorl %eax,%eax # Clear LDT > lldt %ax > >- cld # gcc2 wants the direction flag cleared at all times > pushl $0 # fake return address for unwinder > jmp *(initial_code) >
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