Messages in this thread Patch in this message | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kexec: typo in machine_kexec() | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:49:40 -0600 |
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How does this look for making that comment readable?
Eric
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c index f73d737..7a344b6 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c @@ -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. Whenver 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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