Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Apr 2004 22:14:19 +0800 | From | Coywolf Qi Hunt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] more i386 head.S cleanups |
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Brian Gerst wrote:
> - Move empty_zero_page and swapper_pg_dir to BSS. This requires that > BSS is cleared earlier, but reclaims over 3k that was lost due to page > alignment. > - Move stack_start, ready, and int_msg, boot_gdt_descr, idt_descr, and > cpu_gdt_descr to .data. They were interfering with disassembly while in > .text. >
Interesting, two years ago in 2002, you sent a patch basically of the same idea.
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0208.0/0850.html
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