[syslinux] .ERROR: idle with IF=0 with 3.81 syslinux update.

[Michael D. Setzer II]

On 31 May 2009 at 10:42, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

Date sent:	Sun, 31 May 2009 10:42:20 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com>
To:	"Michael D. Setzer II" <mikes at kuentos.guam.net>
Copies to:	For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa <syslinux at zytor.com>
Subject:	Re: [syslinux] .ERROR: idle with IF=0 with 3.81 syslinux update.

> Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> > The patch seems to have solved the problem. I was able to make the change 
> > and rebuilt the isolinux.bin and rebuilt the cd image, and this time it booted 
> > without the error message,  so that seems to have fixed it.
> > 
> > The system is a MSI - 6728 motherboard with an P4 2.8Ghz with 
> > hyperthreading CPU.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Would you also be able to test the attached patch?  It's a more specific
> version of the same patch, and should let me confirm more solidly what
> the exact issue is.
> 
> 	-hpa
> 

Applied the new patch against the original isolinux.asm, and it also 
elimanates the error message.

> -- 
> H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
> I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.
> 
> 


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