nvidia machdep.c patch still useful ?

Andrew Atrens atrens at nortelnetworks.com
Mon Apr 5 11:17:24 PDT 2004


>     But 5.x's signal handler is resetting %fs, and I think we probably need
>     to leave that part of it in.  Can you test with just the load_gs()
>     removed (leaving the tf_fs = _udatasel intact) ?  It looks like our
>     switch code already handles %gs properly, so I think all that needs
>     to be done is to remove that load_gs().


Just removed the load_gs() and it looks quite solid - no more SEGV's on 
kde application exits :) :)

Thanks,

Andrew.


Attachment:
pgp00000.pgp
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: pgp00000.pgp
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 187 bytes
Desc: "Description: signature"
URL: <http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/kernel/attachments/20040405/0727f607/attachment-0020.obj>


More information about the Kernel mailing list