Blame SOURCES/0079-Allow-loading-old-kernels-by-placing-GDT-in-conventi.patch

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From 9889cf801bb7e8b70a249873a9c8254ac6ef8a39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Piotr Krysiuk <piotras@gmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 15:58:45 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH 079/260] Allow loading old kernels by placing GDT in
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 conventional memory.
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---
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 ChangeLog                      |  5 +++++
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 grub-core/lib/i386/relocator.c | 11 +++++++----
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 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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index 35564681a..73a892899 100644
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--- a/ChangeLog
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+++ b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
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+2014-04-20  Piotr Krysiuk  <piotras@gmail.com>
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+
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+	* grub-core/lib/i386/relocator.c: Allow loading old kernels by placing
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+	GDT in conventional memory.
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+
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 2014-04-10  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
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 	* util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in: Tolerate devices with no filesystem
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diff --git a/grub-core/lib/i386/relocator.c b/grub-core/lib/i386/relocator.c
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index d2a1b27ae..ffaf25f08 100644
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--- a/grub-core/lib/i386/relocator.c
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+++ b/grub-core/lib/i386/relocator.c
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@@ -81,10 +81,13 @@ grub_relocator32_boot (struct grub_relocator *rel,
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   void *relst;
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   grub_relocator_chunk_t ch;
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-  err = grub_relocator_alloc_chunk_align (rel, &ch, 0,
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-					  (0xffffffff - RELOCATOR_SIZEOF (32))
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-					  + 1, RELOCATOR_SIZEOF (32), 16,
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-					  GRUB_RELOCATOR_PREFERENCE_NONE,
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+  /* Specific memory range due to Global Descriptor Table for use by payload
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+     that we will store in returned chunk.  The address range and preference
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+     are based on "THE LINUX/x86 BOOT PROTOCOL" specification.  */
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+  err = grub_relocator_alloc_chunk_align (rel, &ch, 0x1000,
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+					  0x9a000 - RELOCATOR_SIZEOF (32),
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+					  RELOCATOR_SIZEOF (32), 16,
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+					  GRUB_RELOCATOR_PREFERENCE_LOW,
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 					  avoid_efi_bootservices);
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   if (err)
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     return err;
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-- 
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2.13.0
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