1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
index f35ea2237522..a0ae2e7f6cec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
@@ -27,13 +27,22 @@
 #include <asm/segment.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/boot.h>
+#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 
 .section ".text.head","ax",@progbits
         .globl startup_32
 
 startup_32:
-        cld
-        cli
+        /* check to see if KEEP_SEGMENTS flag is meaningful */
+        cmpw $0x207, BP_version(%esi)
+        jb 1f
+
+        /* test KEEP_SEGMENTS flag to see if the bootloader is asking
+         * us to not reload segments */
+        testb $(1<<6), BP_loadflags(%esi)
+        jnz 2f
+
+1:      cli
         movl $(__BOOT_DS),%eax
         movl %eax,%ds
         movl %eax,%es
@@ -41,6 +50,8 @@ startup_32:
         movl %eax,%gs
         movl %eax,%ss
 
+2:      cld
+
 /* Calculate the delta between where we were compiled to run
  * at and where we were actually loaded at.  This can only be done
  * with a short local call on x86.  Nothing  else will tell us what