Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:52:32 +0000 (GMT) | From | Anton Altaparmakov <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.23-bk bogus edd changeset - Re: 2.4.23 compile error in edd |
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Matt Domsch wrote:
> > The ds segment is not pointing to the correct segment AND/OR the offsets > > into the segment used for the writes are bogus. You write straight into > > ds and ds:si referenced memory but you never setup ds in the first > > place. So the writes done by the EDD code corrupt the loaded compressed > > kernel and the decompression fails. > > ds is set up already to point at the empty_zero_page, else none of > what I'm doing is correct. But, it is very likely that something else > is using 0x228 in empty_zero_page but isn't marked as using it in > Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt. > > You've been patient, and thorough. As another test, could you change > include/asm-i386/edd.h: DISK80_SIG_BUFFER from 0x228 to 0x2cc (the > four bytes immediately before the e820 memory buffer), and see if that > helps? If so, I'll submit a patch to use that instead, and another > that markes 0x228 as in use by something else.
Hi Matt,
sorry for the delay but I am now on holidays until January because of my impending wedding and I won't be back at work, where the affected PC lives until 5th or 6th January (whichever is the Monday). I will try it then, sorry to have to keep you waiting so long.
Best regards,
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