static int detect_memory_e820(void)
{
int count = 0;
- u32 next = 0;
- u32 size, id, edi;
- u8 err;
+ struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
struct e820entry *desc = boot_params.e820_map;
- static struct e820_ext_entry buf; /* static so it is zeroed */
+ static struct e820entry buf; /* static so it is zeroed */
+ initregs(&ireg);
+ ireg.ax = 0xe820;
+ ireg.cx = sizeof buf;
+ ireg.edx = SMAP;
+ ireg.di = (size_t)&buf;
+
/*
- * Set this here so that if the BIOS doesn't change this field
- * but still doesn't change %ecx, we're still okay...
+ * Note: at least one BIOS is known which assumes that the
+ * buffer pointed to by one e820 call is the same one as
+ * the previous call, and only changes modified fields. Therefore,
+ * we use a temporary buffer and copy the results entry by entry.
+ *
+ * This routine deliberately does not try to account for
+ * ACPI 3+ extended attributes. This is because there are
+ * BIOSes in the field which report zero for the valid bit for
+ * all ranges, and we don't currently make any use of the
+ * other attribute bits. Revisit this if we see the extended
+ * attribute bits deployed in a meaningful way in the future.
*/
- buf.ext_flags = 1;
do {
- size = sizeof buf;
-
- /* Important: %edx and %esi are clobbered by some BIOSes,
- so they must be either used for the error output
- or explicitly marked clobbered. Given that, assume there
- is something out there clobbering %ebp and %edi, too. */
- asm("pushl %%ebp; int $0x15; popl %%ebp; setc %0"
- : "=d" (err), "+b" (next), "=a" (id), "+c" (size),
- "=D" (edi), "+m" (buf)
- : "D" (&buf), "d" (SMAP), "a" (0xe820)
- : "esi");
+ intcall(0x15, &ireg, &oreg);
+ ireg.ebx = oreg.ebx; /* for next iteration... */
/* BIOSes which terminate the chain with CF = 1 as opposed
to %ebx = 0 don't always report the SMAP signature on
break;
}
- /* ACPI 3.0 added the extended flags support. If bit 0
- in the extended flags is zero, we're supposed to simply
- ignore the entry -- a backwards incompatible change! */
- if (oreg.cx > 20 && !(buf.ext_flags & 1))
- continue;
-
- *desc++ = buf.std;
+ *desc++ = buf;
count++;
- } while (next && count < ARRAY_SIZE(boot_params.e820_map));
+ } while (ireg.ebx && count < ARRAY_SIZE(boot_params.e820_map));
return boot_params.e820_entries = count;
}