Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:04:23 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Ghost EDD devices in /sys again |
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Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > > Was it really that simple? > > Subject: [PATCH] Fix ghost devices under /sys/firmware/edd > From: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru> > > Some BIOSes do not always set CF on error before return from int13. > The patch adds additional check for status being zero (AH == 0). >
Do you have any evidence that there aren't any BIOSes which leave AH != 0 on legitimate success? If so, you have turned a nuisance bug into something that could cause install failures.
-hpa
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