Re: [PATCH] save registers around VESA BIOS calls

2007-08-31 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Will Simoneau wrote: Apparently some VESA BIOS implementations clobber our registers when called. Tell gcc about it. This makes my Dell Inspiron 5150 boot correctly instead of hanging. OK, we probably should use the INT10 macro, then, for these, too, as well as change the other two int 0x10

[PATCH] save registers around VESA BIOS calls

2007-08-31 Thread Will Simoneau
On 11:05 Fri 31 Aug , Will Simoneau wrote: > On 23:41 Thu 30 Aug , H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> Will Simoneau wrote: > >>> While trying to put together a new kernel for my laptop (Dell I5150, as > >>> in subject) I found that recent kernels just don't boot. Right aft