Re: [PATCH] zero-fill entry before asking BIOS for memory map

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 09:21:02PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> >> +     /* clear the request area, buggy BIOSes may not clear it */
> >> +     xor     %edi, %edi
> >> +     movl    %edi, 4(%eax)
> >> +     movl    %edi, 8(%eax)
> >> +     movl    %edi, 12(%eax)
> >> +     movl    %edi, 16(%eax)
> >> +     movl    %edi, 20(%eax)
> >
> > This effectively hardcodes sizeof(entry).  Can we avoid it?
> Can one or another version be merge for release?

Pavel's point is right.  I don't like hardcoding sizeof(entry), but the
alternatives seem worse.

Please, could you at least add a comment to clarify that 20 aka sizeof(entry)
is implicit here ?

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Robert Millan

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