Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:19:42 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | RFC: can we kill the KEEP_SEGMENTS bzImage flag? |
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> Bit 6 (write): KEEP_SEGMENTS > Protocol: 2.07+ > - If 0, reload the segment registers in the 32bit entry point. > - If 1, do not reload the segment registers in the 32bit entry point. > Assume that %cs %ds %ss %es are all set to flat segments with > a base of 0 (or the equivalent for their environment).
Does anything actually rely on this bit or can we kill it? I think it was added as a crutch for paravirtualization, but I'm being told it is not used...
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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