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x86: use descriptor's functions instead of inline assembly

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This patch provides a new set of functions for managing the descriptor
tables that can be used instead of putting the raw assembly in .c files.

Remodeling of store_tr() suggested by Frederik Deweerdt.

[ tglx: arch/x86 adaptation ]

Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2007-10-19 20:35:03 +02:00
committed by Thomas Gleixner
parent 9d975ebda5
commit 9d1c6e7c86
5 changed files with 41 additions and 9 deletions
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@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
for (i = 0; i < IDT_ENTRIES; i++)
set_intr_gate(i, early_idt_handler);
asm volatile("lidt %0" :: "m" (idt_descr));
load_idt((const struct desc_ptr *)&idt_descr);
early_printk("Kernel alive\n");