2007-07-16 01:30:03
H. Peter Anvin submitted a series of patches rewriting the x86 setup code,"this patch set replaces the x86 setup code, which is currently all in assembly, with a version written in C, using the '.code16gcc' feature of binutils (which has been present since at least 2001.)" He went on to explain why he did this,"the new code is vastly easier to read, and, I hope, debug. It should be noted that I found a fair number of minor bugs while going through this code, and have attempted to correct them." 

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