Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Nov 2006 19:31:11 +0100 | From | Alexander van Heukelum <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] shorten the x86_64 boot setup GDT to what the comment says |
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On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 02:33:08PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > Maybe you should consider 16-byte aligning the gdt table too, like > > i386 does? It doesn't hurt, and as per the comment in the i386-file > > "16 byte aligment is recommended by intel." > > It already is.
Hi Andi,
(Assuming you mean: "The gdt table already is 16-byte aligned.")
Hmm. Not in the most recent version of Linus' tree, not even by concidence, and none of the patches in your quilt-current/patches touch x86_64's version of setup.S. Am I missing something?
Alexander
> -Andi >
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