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DateFri, 3 Jan 1997 09:30:29 -0500 (EST)
From"Richard B. Johnson" <>
SubjectRe: 2.1.20 -- oops in reboot
On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, Morgan Sarges wrote:

> Pete Clements wrote:
> > 
> > 2.1.20 generates the following oops on shutdown (hand copied from screen)
> > Intel 486DX2/66
[SNIPPED]
> -- 
Reboot patch is available (repeated here):


================================================
--- arch/i386/kernel/process.c.	Thu Jan  2 11:12:19 1997
+++ arch/i386/kernel/process.c.new	Thu Jan  2 12:53:21 1997
@@ -283,9 +283,7 @@
 
 	if(!reboot_thru_bios) {
 		sti();
-		/* rebooting needs to touch the page at absolute addr 0 */
-		pg0[0] = 7;
-		*((unsigned short *)0x472) = reboot_mode;
+		*((unsigned short *)__va(0x472)) = reboot_mode;
 		for (;;) {
 			int i;
 			for (i=0; i<100; i++) {
================================================




Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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