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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: boot: Remove ancient dead code
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012, Paul Bolle wrote:

> Release v1.3.82 wrapped a few lines of code in an "#ifdef
> SAFE_RESET_DISK_CONTROLLER" and "#endif" pair. Since
> SAFE_RESET_DISK_CONTROLLER was never defined anywhere that was basically
> a verbose "#ifdef 0" and "#endif" pair. These dead lines have been in
> the tree for sixteen years but now the time has come to remove them.
>
> I guess the main lesson here is that if you want your dead code in the
> tree for a very long time you'd better be creative. A plain old "#ifdef
> 0" and "#endif" pair just doesn't cut it!
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>
> Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/1996/3/30/38
> Cc: Jeff Epler <jepler@inetnebr.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/header.S | 7 -------
> 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
> index efe5acf..9b9c647 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
> @@ -406,13 +406,6 @@ init_size: .long INIT_SIZE # kernel initialization size
>
> .section ".entrytext", "ax"
> start_of_setup:
> -#ifdef SAFE_RESET_DISK_CONTROLLER
> -# Reset the disk controller.
> - movw $0x0000, %ax # Reset disk controller
> - movb $0x80, %dl # All disks
> - int $0x13
> -#endif
> -
> # Force %es = %ds
> movw %ds, %ax
> movw %ax, %es
>
Looks good to me.
Not that I have much knowledge of the code, but I did dig the history a
bit and yes, this looks like long dead stuff that should just go away.

Acked-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>


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