+ i386-boot-add-an-elf-header-to-bzimage-fix-fix.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled

     i386 boot: Add an ELF header to bzImage (fix 2)

has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is

     i386-boot-add-an-elf-header-to-bzimage-fix-fix.patch

See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this

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Subject: i386 boot: Add an ELF header to bzImage (fix 2)
From: ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Eric W. Biederman)

Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

 arch/i386/boot/setup.S |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff -puN arch/i386/boot/setup.S~i386-boot-add-an-elf-header-to-bzimage-fix-fix arch/i386/boot/setup.S
--- a/arch/i386/boot/setup.S~i386-boot-add-an-elf-header-to-bzimage-fix-fix
+++ a/arch/i386/boot/setup.S
@@ -287,6 +287,13 @@ good_sig:
 loader_panic_mess: .string "Wrong loader, giving up..."
 
 loader_ok:
+# Zero initialize the variables we keep in the bootsector
+	xorw	%di, %di
+	xorb	%al, %al
+	movw	$497, %cx
+	rep
+	stosb
+
 # Get memory size (extended mem, kB)
 
 	xorl	%eax, %eax
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx are

insert-local-and-io-apics-into-resource-map.patch
i386-distinguish-absolute-symbols.patch
i386-define-__pa_symbol.patch
i386-setupc-reserve-kernel-memory-starting-from-_text.patch
i386-config_physical_start-cleanup.patch
make-linux-elfh-safe-to-be-included-in-assembly-files.patch
elf-add-elfosabi_standalone-to-elfh.patch
kallsyms-generate-relocatable-symbols.patch
i386-relocatable-kernel-support.patch
i386-boot-add-an-elf-header-to-bzimage.patch
i386-boot-add-an-elf-header-to-bzimage-fix.patch
i386-boot-add-an-elf-header-to-bzimage-fix-fix.patch
pidhash-temporary-debug-checks.patch

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