Re: [PATCH] fix i486 boot failure due to stale %ds

Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:

Yes, that's what the spec says.  I queried this a few months ago, but
hpa used his convincing voice and said that in practice it isn't
necessary; there are no known cpus which need this, and any that do
would cause other things to break.  But I guess now we have the
counter-example...

Yup.  I owe you a beverage :)

	-hpa
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