[Xen-changelog] [xen-3.1-testing] x86_64: Initialise upper half of 32-bit parameter registers when

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# HG changeset patch
# User Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1206978140 -3600
# Node ID d3a7ac9d8a5871638cfbbdb448e466c0e5983f39
# Parent  fe766402a150c57f1dfaa9c13bc7606dfa237a7b
x86_64: Initialise upper half of 32-bit parameter registers when
making Target Mode BIOS call. Fixes boot problems with some buggy
BIOSes.
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx>
xen-unstable changeset:   17325:ffcc213f87112a9bcae2524dc9dd08bc13911d8c
xen-unstable date:        Mon Mar 31 16:32:33 2008 +0100
---
 xen/arch/x86/boot/trampoline.S |    9 ++++++---
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -r fe766402a150 -r d3a7ac9d8a58 xen/arch/x86/boot/trampoline.S
--- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/trampoline.S    Mon Mar 31 16:41:53 2008 +0100
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/trampoline.S    Mon Mar 31 16:42:20 2008 +0100
@@ -148,9 +148,12 @@ 1:      mov     $(BOOT_TRAMPOLINE>>4),%a
         sti
 
 #if defined(__x86_64__)
-        /* Declare that our target operating mode is long mode. */
-        movw    $0xec00,%ax      # declare target operating mode
-        movw    $0x0002,%bx      # long mode
+        /*
+         * Declare that our target operating mode is long mode.
+         * Initialise 32-bit registers since some buggy BIOSes depend on it.
+         */
+        movl    $0xec00,%eax      # declare target operating mode
+        movl    $0x0002,%ebx      # long mode
         int     $0x15
 #endif
 

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