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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 18:49:45 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 18:49:45 +0000
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Adding upstream version 6.1.76.upstream/6.1.76
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+ .section ".rodata","a"
+ .balign 16
+
+/*
+ * When a bootloader hands off to the kernel in 32-bit mode an
+ * IDT with a 2-byte limit and 4-byte base is needed. When a boot
+ * loader hands off to a kernel 64-bit mode the base address
+ * extends to 8-bytes. Reserve enough space for either scenario.
+ */
+SYM_DATA_START_LOCAL(tr_idt)
+ .short 0
+ .quad 0
+SYM_DATA_END(tr_idt)