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SubjectRe: 2.6-test2: gcc-3.3.1 warning.
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> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Richard Henderson wrote:
>>
>> Fixed by doing
>>
>> __asm__ __volatile__("lidt %0": :"m" (*no_idt));
>
> Good catch, although I'd prefer something like this instead (ie change
> "no_idt" to be a real IDT descriptor, like the other ones).
>
> It shouldn't matter all that much, since the only thing that really matters
> is to load the IDT with bogus values, so just about anything should do it.

Yep, I have had some private email about this and had this patch
queued for this weekend. Same as yours, use the struct for it.

~Randy



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