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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-07-14 14:44:26 -0400
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-07-14 14:44:26 -0400
commit065cb3dfe24978651caedfa54da585388ad15dde (patch)
tree692de26e80c86faa4e0bd6831e7180ff6ec5af6c /arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
parent3bf2e77453a87c22eb57ed4926760ac131c84459 (diff)
x86, suspend, acpi: correct and add comments about Big Real Mode
Explain that we set up the descriptors for Big Real Mode, and why we do so. In particular, one system that is known to fail without it is the Lenovo X61. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
index 130711f1454b..41bb130c31db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
@@ -60,16 +60,25 @@ int acpi_save_state_mem(void)
60 header->video_mode = saved_video_mode; 60 header->video_mode = saved_video_mode;
61 61
62 header->wakeup_jmp_seg = acpi_wakeup_address >> 4; 62 header->wakeup_jmp_seg = acpi_wakeup_address >> 4;
63
64 /*
65 * Set up the wakeup GDT. We set these up as Big Real Mode,
66 * that is, with limits set to 4 GB. At least the Lenovo
67 * Thinkpad X61 is known to need this for the video BIOS
68 * initialization quirk to work; this is likely to also
69 * be the case for other laptops or integrated video devices.
70 */
71
63 /* GDT[0]: GDT self-pointer */ 72 /* GDT[0]: GDT self-pointer */
64 header->wakeup_gdt[0] = 73 header->wakeup_gdt[0] =
65 (u64)(sizeof(header->wakeup_gdt) - 1) + 74 (u64)(sizeof(header->wakeup_gdt) - 1) +
66 ((u64)(acpi_wakeup_address + 75 ((u64)(acpi_wakeup_address +
67 ((char *)&header->wakeup_gdt - (char *)acpi_realmode)) 76 ((char *)&header->wakeup_gdt - (char *)acpi_realmode))
68 << 16); 77 << 16);
69 /* GDT[1]: real-mode-like code segment */ 78 /* GDT[1]: big real mode-like code segment */
70 header->wakeup_gdt[1] = 79 header->wakeup_gdt[1] =
71 GDT_ENTRY(0x809b, acpi_wakeup_address, 0xfffff); 80 GDT_ENTRY(0x809b, acpi_wakeup_address, 0xfffff);
72 /* GDT[2]: real-mode-like data segment */ 81 /* GDT[2]: big real mode-like data segment */
73 header->wakeup_gdt[2] = 82 header->wakeup_gdt[2] =
74 GDT_ENTRY(0x8093, acpi_wakeup_address, 0xfffff); 83 GDT_ENTRY(0x8093, acpi_wakeup_address, 0xfffff);
75 84