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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-02-14 09:46:06 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-02-14 09:46:06 -0800
commit414f827c46973ba39320cfb43feb55a0eeb9b4e8 (patch)
tree45e860974ef698e71370a0ebdddcff4f14fbdf9e /arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
parent[PATCH] sysctl: hide the sysctl proc inodes from selinux (diff)
parent[PATCH] x86-64: Remove mk_pte_phys() (diff)
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6: (94 commits) [PATCH] x86-64: Remove mk_pte_phys() [PATCH] i386: Fix broken CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO on i386 [PATCH] i386: fix 32-bit ioctls on x64_32 [PATCH] x86: Unify pcspeaker platform device code between i386/x86-64 [PATCH] i386: Remove extern declaration from mm/discontig.c, put in header. [PATCH] i386: Rename cpu_gdt_descr and remove extern declaration from smpboot.c [PATCH] i386: Move mce_disabled to asm/mce.h [PATCH] i386: paravirt unhandled fallthrough [PATCH] x86_64: Wire up compat epoll_pwait [PATCH] x86: Don't require the vDSO for handling a.out signals [PATCH] i386: Fix Cyrix MediaGX detection [PATCH] i386: Fix warning in cpu initialization [PATCH] i386: Fix warning in microcode.c [PATCH] x86: Enable NMI watchdog for AMD Family 0x10 CPUs [PATCH] x86: Add new CPUID bits for AMD Family 10 CPUs in /proc/cpuinfo [PATCH] i386: Remove fastcall in paravirt.[ch] [PATCH] x86-64: Fix wrong gcc check in bitops.h [PATCH] x86-64: survive having no irq mapping for a vector [PATCH] i386: geode configuration fixes [PATCH] i386: add option to show more code in oops reports ...
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S20
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
index 1e6f80870679..598a4d0351fc 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
@@ -163,6 +163,20 @@ startup_64:
*/
lgdt cpu_gdt_descr
+ /* set up data segments. actually 0 would do too */
+ movl $__KERNEL_DS,%eax
+ movl %eax,%ds
+ movl %eax,%ss
+ movl %eax,%es
+
+ /*
+ * We don't really need to load %fs or %gs, but load them anyway
+ * to kill any stale realmode selectors. This allows execution
+ * under VT hardware.
+ */
+ movl %eax,%fs
+ movl %eax,%gs
+
/*
* Setup up a dummy PDA. this is just for some early bootup code
* that does in_interrupt()
@@ -173,12 +187,6 @@ startup_64:
shrq $32,%rdx
wrmsr
- /* set up data segments. actually 0 would do too */
- movl $__KERNEL_DS,%eax
- movl %eax,%ds
- movl %eax,%ss
- movl %eax,%es
-
/* esi is pointer to real mode structure with interesting info.
pass it to C */
movl %esi, %edi