Hi, kernel booting and stopped in edd.c:read_sector.
I add debug messages around the two inline assemblly sentence, recompile kernel, now strange thing happend, the kernel booting directly, but the printf messages can't be seen because it's too rapid. can we use printk in boot code? the change of edd.c: --- edd.c.bak 2007-05-21 14:38:34.000000000 +0000 +++ edd.c 2007-05-21 15:58:02.000000000 +0000 @@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ static int read_sector(u8 devno, u64 lba ax = 0x4200; /* Extended Read */ si = (size_t)&dapa; dx = devno; + printf("before first inline\n"); asm("pushfl; stc; int $0x13; setc %%al; popfl" : "+a" (ax), "+S" (si), "+d" (devno) : : "ebx", "ecx", "edi"); + printf("after first inline\n"); if (!(u8)ax) return 0; /* OK */ @@ -58,9 +60,11 @@ static int read_sector(u8 devno, u64 lba cx = 0x0001; /* Sector 0-0-1 */ dx = devno; bx = (size_t)buf; + printf("before second inline\n"); asm("pushfl; stc; int $0x13; setc %%al; popfl" : "+a" (ax), "+c" (cx), "+d" (dx), "+b" (bx) : : "esi", "edi"); + printf("after second inline\n"); return -(u8)ax; /* 0 or -1 */ } Regards dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/