cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c

[Rink Springer]

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 06:56:53PM +0000, John Baldwin wrote:
> jhb         2008-03-13 18:56:53 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/i386/i386        machdep.c 
>   Log:
>   Use the SMAP data from the loader if it is provided instead of using
>   virtual 86 mode to query the BIOS directly.  This is needed for certain
>   HP machines whose BIOS only provide an SMAP when invoked from real mode.
>   On such machines the loader will be able to query the SMAP successfully
>   due to the recent BTX changes, but the kernel will not.

Thanks! I was thinking about doing this myself - seems you beat me to
it.

>   One thing I'm not sure of is if we can skip the INT 12h probe altogether
>   if we have the SMAP from the loader as it seems that we do the INT 12h
>   probe to setup enough state so we can use vm86 to call the BIOS.

Hmm, can't we just have loader(8) pass this information as well? It
seems it already does in the bootinfo structure...

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