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    SubjectRe: More E820 brokenness
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    On Friday, 28 September 2007 02:12, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
    > Jordan Crouse wrote:
    > >
    > > Worked, but that just raises more questions. Why didn't more x86 boxes
    > > break or, alternatively, why did a new version of the BIOS fix the problem?
    > > I guess we shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. Or something.
    > >
    >
    > Why didn't more x86 boxes break... well, it's pretty natural an
    > implementation of the BIOS to not clobber registers that aren't outputs.
    > Arguably the BIOSes that do are still buggy, since there isn't a
    > well-defined calling sequence for the BIOS and the convention that has
    > evolved is "don't clobber anything unless it's an output."
    >
    > It's still wrong, however, especially since it means omitting the *real*
    > SMAP check.

    I'd like to update http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9086 with correct
    information.

    Should I add a pointer to the patch from your previous message to it?

    Greetings,
    Rafael
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