Re: [GIT PULL] VESA register clobber paranoia

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

> Please pull:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hpa/linux-2.6-x86setup.git for-linus
> 
> H. Peter Anvin (1):
>       [x86 setup] Don't rely on the VESA BIOS being register-clean
> 
>  arch/i386/boot/video-vesa.c |   34 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> [Log messages and full diffs follow]
> 
> commit 4221d014ea04d439e6d1e65951c3b406e7c1b7ab
> Author: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
> Date:   Fri Aug 31 11:30:31 2007 -0700
> 
>     [x86 setup] Don't rely on the VESA BIOS being register-clean
>     
>     The VESA BIOS is specified to be register-clean.  However, we have now
>     found at least one system which violates that.  Thus, be as paranoid
>     about VESA calls as about everything else.
>     
>     Huge thanks to Will Simoneau for reporting, diagnosing, and testing
>     this out on Dell Inspiron 5150.

Was this the 'resume broken in -rc' problem?

							Pavel
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