From 9d1c6e7c86ddc366d67f0c5fa77be9b93710037a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glauber de Oliveira Costa Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:35:03 +0200 Subject: x86: use descriptor's functions instead of inline assembly 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 Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/head64.c') diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c index a7eee0a4751d..6b3469311e42 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c @@ -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"); -- cgit