Re: 2.4.17: differences in arch/i386/kernel/entry.S ???

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On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:43:48PM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote:
> in arch/i386/kernel/entry.S exist lcall7 and lcall27.  However, I do
> not understand why the same coding -- except for pushl $0x07 in lcall7
> and the respective pushl $0x27 in lcall27 -- is written.   As written
> in the subject, I refer currently 2.4.17.

Note that 2.4.17 has stability problems with lcall7 and lcall27. I
suggest updating to a newer 2.4.x kernel, or fishing the patches out of
LKML. (The gist: any user on the machine can reboot it. no sync or
umount. Just off.)

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