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2008-10-03Revert "x86: fix ghost EDD devices in /sys again"H. Peter Anvin
This reverts commit 464f04c9e9b3b1c4f5ffb89c51d8ba2a2034c846. Obsoleted by commit 6cdcdb99cf7c2e1835fc5b471864d21161c3e679. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2008-10-03x86 setup: fix ghost entries under /sys/firmware/edd take 3Andrey Borzenkov
Some BIOSes do not indicate error when trying to read from non- existing device. Zero buffer before reading and check that we possibly have valid MBR by looking for MBR magic. This was fixed in different way for edd.S in http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=114087765422490&w=2, but lost again when edd.S was rewritten in C. Signed-off-by: Andrey Borzenkov < arvidjaar@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2008-09-06x86: fix ghost EDD devices in /sys againAndrey Borzenkov
> This is regression but old enough. Apparently I had for whatever reasons > EDD turned off till recently. This is 2.6.27-rc5 just in case. > > In 2006 I fixed ghost devices due to buggy BIOS: > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=114087765422490&w=2 > > Later edd.S has been rewritten in C, and apparently this patch has been > lost: > > {pts/1}% ls /sys/firmware/edd > int13_dev80/ int13_dev84/ int13_dev88/ int13_dev8c/ > int13_dev81/ int13_dev85/ int13_dev89/ int13_dev8d/ > int13_dev82/ int13_dev86/ int13_dev8a/ int13_dev8e/ > int13_dev83/ int13_dev87/ int13_dev8b/ int13_dev8f/ > > But I have just a single disk. This is the same system BTW. Some BIOSes do not always set CF on error before return from int13. The patch adds additional check for status being zero (AH == 0). This was fixed for edd.S in http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=114087765422490&w=2, but lost again when edd.S was rewritten in C. Signed-off-by: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-18x86: check function status in EDD boot codeJan Beulich
Without checking the return value of get_edd_info() and adding the entry only in the success case, 6 devices show up under /sys/firmware/edd/, no matter how many devices are actually present. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2008-04-29edd: add default mode CONFIG_EDD_OFF=n, override with edd={on,off}Tim Gardner
Add a kernel parameter option to 'edd' to enable/disable BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services. CONFIG_EDD_OFF disables EDD while still compiling EDD into the kernel. Default behavior can be forced using 'edd=on' or 'edd=off' as a kernel parameter. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix kernel-parameters.txt] Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-19x86: remove pointless commentsWANG Cong
Remove old comments that include the old arch/i386 directory. Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: add note to use edd=off on EDD probing hangsH. Peter Anvin
Tell the user to specify edd=off in the case of EDD probing hangs. Per LKML discussion. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: OK -> ok (no need to scream)H. Peter Anvin
Unnecessary capitals are shouting; no need for it here. Thus, change "OK" to "ok" and add a space. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 setup: be more verbose when probing EDDdevzero@web.de
On early boot, probing the Bios for EDD happens without any message. Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is a mechanism to match x86 BIOS device names (int13 device 80h) to Linux device names (e.g. /dev/sda, /dev/hda) There are buggy Bios out there having problems with EDD. This can be problems with the Bios itself or with addon cards, too. This patch is adds an informational message on early boot. CONFIG_EDD is not set with defconfig, but with allmodconfig (i.e. CONFIG_EDD=m) so the EDD probe may be active on early boot on many systems nowadays. I can tell, that the probe is active on SuSE distro and with that I have seen more than one system hanging endlessly with those "black screen with a blinking cursor in the the upper left" on installation, making it difficult for the end- user to find out, what`s the issue. For sure I have seen this on FujitsuSiemens PCs with i810 and with i815 chipset. This one also honours the "quiet" bootparam. Also see: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119781937207969&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119783934032326&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119783678529100&w=2 Signed-off-by: Roland Kletzing <devzero@web.de> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2007-10-11i386: move bootThomas Gleixner
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>