Re: [coreboot] [PATCH] cld before call

[Robert Millan]

On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 03:55:20AM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> On 29.07.2009 00:36, Robert Millan wrote:
> > The Multiboot spec is a bit too permissive about this, as it doesn't
> > specify the state of direction flag when payload is called.  Some payloads
> > (we found this in ReactOS FreeLDR) assume it is cleared, and fail otherwise.
> >
> > We adjusted GRUB to be sure it's always cleared.  I think coreboot should do
> > the same.  Here's a patch for v3.
> >
> > Signed-off-by:  Robert Millan
>
> Thanks to the explanation provided by Segher, I now know your patch is
> the right thing to do.
> Robert, thanks for digging this up.

You're welcome.