x86: fix regression: boot failure on AMD Elan TS-5500
Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>
> Maybe it really does require the far jump immediately after setting PE
> in cr0...
>
> Hm, I don't remember this paragraph being in vol 3a, section 8.9.1
> before. Is it a recent addition?
>
> Random failures can occur if other instructions exist between steps
> 3 and 4 above. Failures will be readily seen in some situations,
> such as when instructions that reference memory are inserted between
> steps 3 and 4 while in system management mode.
>
I don't remember that, either.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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