Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

Conflicts:
	Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
	drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
	net/core/drop_monitor.c
	net/core/net-traces.c

29 files changed, 868 insertions, 673 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore b/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore
index 172cf8a98bdd..851fe936d242 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ bzImage
 cpustr.h
 mkcpustr
 offsets.h
+voffset.h
+zoffset.h
 setup
 setup.bin
 setup.elf
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index 6633b6e7505a..8d16ada25048 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ targets		:= vmlinux.bin setup.bin setup.elf bzImage
 targets		+= fdimage fdimage144 fdimage288 image.iso mtools.conf
 subdir-		:= compressed
 
-setup-y		+= a20.o cmdline.o copy.o cpu.o cpucheck.o edd.o
+setup-y		+= a20.o bioscall.o cmdline.o copy.o cpu.o cpucheck.o edd.o
 setup-y		+= header.o main.o mca.o memory.o pm.o pmjump.o
-setup-y		+= printf.o string.o tty.o video.o video-mode.o version.o
+setup-y		+= printf.o regs.o string.o tty.o video.o video-mode.o
+setup-y		+= version.o
 setup-$(CONFIG_X86_APM_BOOT) += apm.o
 
 # The link order of the video-*.o modules can matter.  In particular,
@@ -86,19 +87,27 @@ $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE
 
 SETUP_OBJS = $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(setup-y))
 
-sed-offsets := -e 's/^00*/0/' \
-        -e 's/^\([0-9a-fA-F]*\) . \(input_data\|input_data_end\)$$/\#define \2 0x\1/p'
+sed-voffset := -e 's/^\([0-9a-fA-F]*\) . \(_text\|_end\)$$/\#define VO_\2 0x\1/p'
 
-quiet_cmd_offsets = OFFSETS $@
-      cmd_offsets = $(NM) $< | sed -n $(sed-offsets) > $@
+quiet_cmd_voffset = VOFFSET $@
+      cmd_voffset = $(NM) $< | sed -n $(sed-voffset) > $@
 
-$(obj)/offsets.h: $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,offsets)
+targets += voffset.h
+$(obj)/voffset.h: vmlinux FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,voffset)
+
+sed-zoffset := -e 's/^\([0-9a-fA-F]*\) . \(startup_32\|input_data\|_end\|z_.*\)$$/\#define ZO_\2 0x\1/p'
+
+quiet_cmd_zoffset = ZOFFSET $@
+      cmd_zoffset = $(NM) $< | sed -n $(sed-zoffset) > $@
+
+targets += zoffset.h
+$(obj)/zoffset.h: $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,zoffset)
 
-targets += offsets.h
 
 AFLAGS_header.o += -I$(obj)
-$(obj)/header.o: $(obj)/offsets.h
+$(obj)/header.o: $(obj)/voffset.h $(obj)/zoffset.h
 
 LDFLAGS_setup.elf	:= -T
 $(obj)/setup.elf: $(src)/setup.ld $(SETUP_OBJS) FORCE
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/a20.c b/arch/x86/boot/a20.c
index 7c19ce8c2442..64a31a6d751a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/a20.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/a20.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *   Copyright 2007-2008 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
- *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
  *
  *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
  *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
@@ -90,8 +90,11 @@ static int a20_test_long(void)
 
 static void enable_a20_bios(void)
 {
-	asm volatile("pushfl; int $0x15; popfl"
-		     : : "a" ((u16)0x2401));
+	struct biosregs ireg;
+
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ax = 0x2401;
+	intcall(0x15, &ireg, NULL);
 }
 
 static void enable_a20_kbc(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/apm.c b/arch/x86/boot/apm.c
index 7aa6033001f9..ee274834ea8b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/apm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/apm.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
  *
  *   Original APM BIOS checking by Stephen Rothwell, May 1994
  *   (sfr@canb.auug.org.au)
@@ -19,75 +20,56 @@
 
 int query_apm_bios(void)
 {
-	u16 ax, bx, cx, dx, di;
-	u32 ebx, esi;
-	u8 err;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 
 	/* APM BIOS installation check */
-	ax = 0x5300;
-	bx = cx = 0;
-	asm volatile("pushl %%ebp ; int $0x15 ; popl %%ebp ; setc %0"
-		     : "=d" (err), "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx), "+c" (cx)
-		     : : "esi", "edi");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ah = 0x53;
+	intcall(0x15, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	if (err)
+	if (oreg.flags & X86_EFLAGS_CF)
 		return -1;		/* No APM BIOS */
 
-	if (bx != 0x504d)	/* "PM" signature */
+	if (oreg.bx != 0x504d)		/* "PM" signature */
 		return -1;
 
-	if (!(cx & 0x02))		/* 32 bits supported? */
+	if (!(oreg.cx & 0x02))		/* 32 bits supported? */
 		return -1;
 
 	/* Disconnect first, just in case */
-	ax = 0x5304;
-	bx = 0;
-	asm volatile("pushl %%ebp ; int $0x15 ; popl %%ebp"
-		     : "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx)
-		     : : "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
-
-	/* Paranoia */
-	ebx = esi = 0;
-	cx = dx = di = 0;
+	ireg.al = 0x04;
+	intcall(0x15, &ireg, NULL);
 
 	/* 32-bit connect */
-	asm volatile("pushl %%ebp ; int $0x15 ; popl %%ebp ; setc %6"
-		     : "=a" (ax), "+b" (ebx), "+c" (cx), "+d" (dx),
-		       "+S" (esi), "+D" (di), "=m" (err)
-		     : "a" (0x5303));
-
-	boot_params.apm_bios_info.cseg = ax;
-	boot_params.apm_bios_info.offset = ebx;
-	boot_params.apm_bios_info.cseg_16 = cx;
-	boot_params.apm_bios_info.dseg = dx;
-	boot_params.apm_bios_info.cseg_len = (u16)esi;
-	boot_params.apm_bios_info.cseg_16_len = esi >> 16;
-	boot_params.apm_bios_info.dseg_len = di;
-
-	if (err)
+	ireg.al = 0x03;
+	intcall(0x15, &ireg, &oreg);
+
+	boot_params.apm_bios_info.cseg        = oreg.ax;
+	boot_params.apm_bios_info.offset      = oreg.ebx;
+	boot_params.apm_bios_info.cseg_16     = oreg.cx;
+	boot_params.apm_bios_info.dseg        = oreg.dx;
+	boot_params.apm_bios_info.cseg_len    = oreg.si;
+	boot_params.apm_bios_info.cseg_16_len = oreg.hsi;
+	boot_params.apm_bios_info.dseg_len    = oreg.di;
+
+	if (oreg.flags & X86_EFLAGS_CF)
 		return -1;
 
 	/* Redo the installation check as the 32-bit connect;
 	   some BIOSes return different flags this way... */
 
-	ax = 0x5300;
-	bx = cx = 0;
-	asm volatile("pushl %%ebp ; int $0x15 ; popl %%ebp ; setc %0"
-		     : "=d" (err), "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx), "+c" (cx)
-		     : : "esi", "edi");
+	ireg.al = 0x00;
+	intcall(0x15, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	if (err || bx != 0x504d) {
+	if ((oreg.eflags & X86_EFLAGS_CF) || oreg.bx != 0x504d) {
 		/* Failure with 32-bit connect, try to disconect and ignore */
-		ax = 0x5304;
-		bx = 0;
-		asm volatile("pushl %%ebp ; int $0x15 ; popl %%ebp"
-			     : "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx)
-			     : : "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
+		ireg.al = 0x04;
+		intcall(0x15, &ireg, NULL);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	boot_params.apm_bios_info.version = ax;
-	boot_params.apm_bios_info.flags = cx;
+	boot_params.apm_bios_info.version = oreg.ax;
+	boot_params.apm_bios_info.flags   = oreg.cx;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/bioscall.S b/arch/x86/boot/bioscall.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..507793739ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/bioscall.S
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
+ *
+ *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
+ *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or (at your
+ *   option) any later version; incorporated herein by reference.
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * "Glove box" for BIOS calls.  Avoids the constant problems with BIOSes
+ * touching registers they shouldn't be.
+ */
+
+	.code16
+	.text
+	.globl	intcall
+	.type	intcall, @function
+intcall:
+	/* Self-modify the INT instruction.  Ugly, but works. */
+	cmpb	%al, 3f
+	je	1f
+	movb	%al, 3f
+	jmp	1f		/* Synchronize pipeline */
+1:
+	/* Save state */
+	pushfl
+	pushw	%fs
+	pushw	%gs
+	pushal
+
+	/* Copy input state to stack frame */
+	subw	$44, %sp
+	movw	%dx, %si
+	movw	%sp, %di
+	movw	$11, %cx
+	rep; movsd
+
+	/* Pop full state from the stack */
+	popal
+	popw	%gs
+	popw	%fs
+	popw	%es
+	popw	%ds
+	popfl
+
+	/* Actual INT */
+	.byte	0xcd		/* INT opcode */
+3:	.byte	0
+
+	/* Push full state to the stack */
+	pushfl
+	pushw	%ds
+	pushw	%es
+	pushw	%fs
+	pushw	%gs
+	pushal
+
+	/* Re-establish C environment invariants */
+	cld
+	movzwl	%sp, %esp
+	movw	%cs, %ax
+	movw	%ax, %ds
+	movw	%ax, %es
+
+	/* Copy output state from stack frame */
+	movw	68(%esp), %di	/* Original %cx == 3rd argument */
+	andw	%di, %di
+	jz	4f
+	movw	%sp, %si
+	movw	$11, %cx
+	rep; movsd
+4:	addw	$44, %sp
+
+	/* Restore state and return */
+	popal
+	popw	%gs
+	popw	%fs
+	popfl
+	retl
+	.size	intcall, .-intcall
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/boot.h b/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
index 7b2692e897e5..98239d2658f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
  *
  *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
  *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include "bitops.h"
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
+#include <asm/processor-flags.h>
 
 /* Useful macros */
 #define BUILD_BUG_ON(condition) ((void)sizeof(char[1 - 2*!!(condition)]))
@@ -241,6 +243,49 @@ int enable_a20(void);
 /* apm.c */
 int query_apm_bios(void);
 
+/* bioscall.c */
+struct biosregs {
+	union {
+		struct {
+			u32 edi;
+			u32 esi;
+			u32 ebp;
+			u32 _esp;
+			u32 ebx;
+			u32 edx;
+			u32 ecx;
+			u32 eax;
+			u32 _fsgs;
+			u32 _dses;
+			u32 eflags;
+		};
+		struct {
+			u16 di, hdi;
+			u16 si, hsi;
+			u16 bp, hbp;
+			u16 _sp, _hsp;
+			u16 bx, hbx;
+			u16 dx, hdx;
+			u16 cx, hcx;
+			u16 ax, hax;
+			u16 gs, fs;
+			u16 es, ds;
+			u16 flags, hflags;
+		};
+		struct {
+			u8 dil, dih, edi2, edi3;
+			u8 sil, sih, esi2, esi3;
+			u8 bpl, bph, ebp2, ebp3;
+			u8 _spl, _sph, _esp2, _esp3;
+			u8 bl, bh, ebx2, ebx3;
+			u8 dl, dh, edx2, edx3;
+			u8 cl, ch, ecx2, ecx3;
+			u8 al, ah, eax2, eax3;
+		};
+	};
+};
+void intcall(u8 int_no, const struct biosregs *ireg, struct biosregs *oreg);
+
 /* cmdline.c */
 int cmdline_find_option(const char *option, char *buffer, int bufsize);
 int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *option);
@@ -279,6 +324,9 @@ int sprintf(char *buf, const char *fmt, ...);
 int vsprintf(char *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 int printf(const char *fmt, ...);
 
+/* regs.c */
+void initregs(struct biosregs *regs);
+
 /* string.c */
 int strcmp(const char *str1, const char *str2);
 size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t maxlen);
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/.gitignore b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/.gitignore
index 63eff3b04d01..4a46fab7162e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/.gitignore
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 relocs
 vmlinux.bin.all
 vmlinux.relocs
+vmlinux.lds
+mkpiggy
+piggy.S
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 65551c9f8571..49c8a4c37d7c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS  := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
 LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
 
-$(obj)/vmlinux: $(src)/vmlinux_$(BITS).lds $(obj)/head_$(BITS).o $(obj)/misc.o $(obj)/piggy.o FORCE
+hostprogs-y	:= mkpiggy
+
+$(obj)/vmlinux: $(obj)/vmlinux.lds $(obj)/head_$(BITS).o $(obj)/misc.o $(obj)/piggy.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
 	@:
 
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
 
 
 targets += vmlinux.bin.all vmlinux.relocs relocs
-hostprogs-$(CONFIG_X86_32) += relocs
+hostprogs-$(CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS) += relocs
 
 quiet_cmd_relocs = RELOCS  $@
       cmd_relocs = $(obj)/relocs $< > $@;$(obj)/relocs --abs-relocs $<
@@ -37,46 +39,22 @@ $(obj)/vmlinux.relocs: vmlinux $(obj)/relocs FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,relocs)
 
 vmlinux.bin.all-y := $(obj)/vmlinux.bin
-vmlinux.bin.all-$(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE) += $(obj)/vmlinux.relocs
-quiet_cmd_relocbin = BUILD   $@
-      cmd_relocbin = cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) > $@
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,relocbin)
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
+vmlinux.bin.all-$(CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS) += $(obj)/vmlinux.relocs
 
-ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,gzip)
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.bz2: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,bzip2)
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzma: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,lzma)
-else
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,gzip)
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.bz2: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.bz2: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,bzip2)
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzma: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzma: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,lzma)
-endif
-LDFLAGS_piggy.o := -r --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -T
 
-else
+suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP)	:= gz
+suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2)	:= bz2
+suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA)	:= lzma
 
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,gzip)
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.bz2: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,bzip2)
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzma: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,lzma)
-
-LDFLAGS_piggy.o := -r --format binary --oformat elf64-x86-64 -T
-endif
+quiet_cmd_mkpiggy = MKPIGGY $@
+      cmd_mkpiggy = $(obj)/mkpiggy $< > $@ || ( rm -f $@ ; false )
 
-suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP)  = gz
-suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2) = bz2
-suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA)  = lzma
-
-$(obj)/piggy.o: $(obj)/vmlinux.scr $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.$(suffix_y) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,ld)
+targets += piggy.S
+$(obj)/piggy.S: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.$(suffix-y) $(obj)/mkpiggy FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,mkpiggy)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
index 3a8a866fb2e2..75e4f001e706 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@
  * the page directory. [According to comments etc elsewhere on a compressed
  * kernel it will end up at 0x1000 + 1Mb I hope so as I assume this. - AC]
  *
- * Page 0 is deliberately kept safe, since System Management Mode code in 
+ * Page 0 is deliberately kept safe, since System Management Mode code in
  * laptops may need to access the BIOS data stored there.  This is also
- * useful for future device drivers that either access the BIOS via VM86 
+ * useful for future device drivers that either access the BIOS via VM86
  * mode.
  */
 
 /*
  * High loaded stuff by Hans Lermen & Werner Almesberger, Feb. 1996
  */
-.text
+	.text
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <asm/segment.h>
@@ -29,161 +29,151 @@
 #include <asm/boot.h>
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 
-.section ".text.head","ax",@progbits
+	.section ".text.head","ax",@progbits
 ENTRY(startup_32)
 	cld
-	/* test KEEP_SEGMENTS flag to see if the bootloader is asking
-	 * us to not reload segments */
-	testb $(1<<6), BP_loadflags(%esi)
-	jnz 1f
+	/*
+	 * Test KEEP_SEGMENTS flag to see if the bootloader is asking
+	 * us to not reload segments
+	 */
+	testb	$(1<<6), BP_loadflags(%esi)
+	jnz	1f
 
 	cli
-	movl $(__BOOT_DS),%eax
-	movl %eax,%ds
-	movl %eax,%es
-	movl %eax,%fs
-	movl %eax,%gs
-	movl %eax,%ss
+	movl	$__BOOT_DS, %eax
+	movl	%eax, %ds
+	movl	%eax, %es
+	movl	%eax, %fs
+	movl	%eax, %gs
+	movl	%eax, %ss
 1:
 
-/* Calculate the delta between where we were compiled to run
+/*
+ * Calculate the delta between where we were compiled to run
  * at and where we were actually loaded at.  This can only be done
  * with a short local call on x86.  Nothing  else will tell us what
  * address we are running at.  The reserved chunk of the real-mode
  * data at 0x1e4 (defined as a scratch field) are used as the stack
  * for this calculation. Only 4 bytes are needed.
  */
-	leal (0x1e4+4)(%esi), %esp
-	call 1f
-1:	popl %ebp
-	subl $1b, %ebp
+	leal	(BP_scratch+4)(%esi), %esp
+	call	1f
+1:	popl	%ebp
+	subl	$1b, %ebp
 
-/* %ebp contains the address we are loaded at by the boot loader and %ebx
+/*
+ * %ebp contains the address we are loaded at by the boot loader and %ebx
  * contains the address where we should move the kernel image temporarily
  * for safe in-place decompression.
  */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
-	movl 	%ebp, %ebx
-	addl    $(CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN - 1), %ebx
-	andl    $(~(CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN - 1)), %ebx
+	movl	%ebp, %ebx
+	movl	BP_kernel_alignment(%esi), %eax
+	decl	%eax
+	addl    %eax, %ebx
+	notl	%eax
+	andl    %eax, %ebx
 #else
-	movl $LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR, %ebx
+	movl	$LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR, %ebx
 #endif
 
-	/* Replace the compressed data size with the uncompressed size */
-	subl input_len(%ebp), %ebx
-	movl output_len(%ebp), %eax
-	addl %eax, %ebx
-	/* Add 8 bytes for every 32K input block */
-	shrl $12, %eax
-	addl %eax, %ebx
-	/* Add 32K + 18 bytes of extra slack */
-	addl $(32768 + 18), %ebx
-	/* Align on a 4K boundary */
-	addl $4095, %ebx
-	andl $~4095, %ebx
-
-/* Copy the compressed kernel to the end of our buffer
+	/* Target address to relocate to for decompression */
+	addl	$z_extract_offset, %ebx
+
+	/* Set up the stack */
+	leal	boot_stack_end(%ebx), %esp
+
+	/* Zero EFLAGS */
+	pushl	$0
+	popfl
+
+/*
+ * Copy the compressed kernel to the end of our buffer
  * where decompression in place becomes safe.
  */
-	pushl %esi
-	leal _end(%ebp), %esi
-	leal _end(%ebx), %edi
-	movl $(_end - startup_32), %ecx
+	pushl	%esi
+	leal	(_bss-4)(%ebp), %esi
+	leal	(_bss-4)(%ebx), %edi
+	movl	$(_bss - startup_32), %ecx
+	shrl	$2, %ecx
 	std
-	rep
-	movsb
+	rep	movsl
 	cld
-	popl %esi
-
-/* Compute the kernel start address.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
-	addl    $(CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN - 1), %ebp
-	andl    $(~(CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN - 1)), %ebp
-#else
-	movl	$LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR, %ebp
-#endif
+	popl	%esi
 
 /*
  * Jump to the relocated address.
  */
-	leal relocated(%ebx), %eax
-	jmp *%eax
+	leal	relocated(%ebx), %eax
+	jmp	*%eax
 ENDPROC(startup_32)
 
-.section ".text"
+	.text
 relocated:
 
 /*
- * Clear BSS
- */
-	xorl %eax,%eax
-	leal _edata(%ebx),%edi
-	leal _end(%ebx), %ecx
-	subl %edi,%ecx
-	cld
-	rep
-	stosb
-
-/*
- * Setup the stack for the decompressor
+ * Clear BSS (stack is currently empty)
  */
-	leal boot_stack_end(%ebx), %esp
+	xorl	%eax, %eax
+	leal	_bss(%ebx), %edi
+	leal	_ebss(%ebx), %ecx
+	subl	%edi, %ecx
+	shrl	$2, %ecx
+	rep	stosl
 
 /*
  * Do the decompression, and jump to the new kernel..
  */
-	movl output_len(%ebx), %eax
-	pushl %eax
-			# push arguments for decompress_kernel:
-	pushl %ebp	# output address
-	movl input_len(%ebx), %eax
-	pushl %eax	# input_len
-	leal input_data(%ebx), %eax
-	pushl %eax	# input_data
-	leal boot_heap(%ebx), %eax
-	pushl %eax	# heap area
-	pushl %esi	# real mode pointer
-	call decompress_kernel
-	addl $20, %esp
-	popl %ecx
+	leal	z_extract_offset_negative(%ebx), %ebp
+				/* push arguments for decompress_kernel: */
+	pushl	%ebp		/* output address */
+	pushl	$z_input_len	/* input_len */
+	leal	input_data(%ebx), %eax
+	pushl	%eax		/* input_data */
+	leal	boot_heap(%ebx), %eax
+	pushl	%eax		/* heap area */
+	pushl	%esi		/* real mode pointer */
+	call	decompress_kernel
+	addl	$20, %esp
 
 #if CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
-/* Find the address of the relocations.
+/*
+ * Find the address of the relocations.
  */
-	movl %ebp, %edi
-	addl %ecx, %edi
+	leal	z_output_len(%ebp), %edi
 
-/* Calculate the delta between where vmlinux was compiled to run
+/*
+ * Calculate the delta between where vmlinux was compiled to run
  * and where it was actually loaded.
  */
-	movl %ebp, %ebx
-	subl $LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR, %ebx
-	jz   2f		/* Nothing to be done if loaded at compiled addr. */
+	movl	%ebp, %ebx
+	subl	$LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR, %ebx
+	jz	2f	/* Nothing to be done if loaded at compiled addr. */
 /*
  * Process relocations.
  */
 
-1:	subl $4, %edi
-	movl 0(%edi), %ecx
-	testl %ecx, %ecx
-	jz 2f
-	addl %ebx, -__PAGE_OFFSET(%ebx, %ecx)
-	jmp 1b
+1:	subl	$4, %edi
+	movl	(%edi), %ecx
+	testl	%ecx, %ecx
+	jz	2f
+	addl	%ebx, -__PAGE_OFFSET(%ebx, %ecx)
+	jmp	1b
 2:
 #endif
 
 /*
  * Jump to the decompressed kernel.
  */
-	xorl %ebx,%ebx
-	jmp *%ebp
+	xorl	%ebx, %ebx
+	jmp	*%ebp
 
-.bss
-/* Stack and heap for uncompression */
-.balign 4
+/*
+ * Stack and heap for uncompression
+ */
+	.bss
+	.balign 4
 boot_heap:
 	.fill BOOT_HEAP_SIZE, 1, 0
 boot_stack:
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index ed4a82948002..f62c284db9eb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 /*
  * High loaded stuff by Hans Lermen & Werner Almesberger, Feb. 1996
  */
-.code32
-.text
+	.code32
+	.text
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <asm/segment.h>
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@
 #include <asm/processor-flags.h>
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 
-.section ".text.head"
+	.section ".text.head"
 	.code32
 ENTRY(startup_32)
 	cld
-	/* test KEEP_SEGMENTS flag to see if the bootloader is asking
-	 * us to not reload segments */
+	/*
+	 * Test KEEP_SEGMENTS flag to see if the bootloader is asking
+	 * us to not reload segments
+	 */
 	testb $(1<<6), BP_loadflags(%esi)
 	jnz 1f
 
@@ -49,14 +51,15 @@ ENTRY(startup_32)
 	movl	%eax, %ss
 1:
 
-/* Calculate the delta between where we were compiled to run
+/*
+ * Calculate the delta between where we were compiled to run
  * at and where we were actually loaded at.  This can only be done
  * with a short local call on x86.  Nothing  else will tell us what
  * address we are running at.  The reserved chunk of the real-mode
  * data at 0x1e4 (defined as a scratch field) are used as the stack
  * for this calculation. Only 4 bytes are needed.
  */
-	leal	(0x1e4+4)(%esi), %esp
+	leal	(BP_scratch+4)(%esi), %esp
 	call	1f
 1:	popl	%ebp
 	subl	$1b, %ebp
@@ -70,32 +73,28 @@ ENTRY(startup_32)
 	testl	%eax, %eax
 	jnz	no_longmode
 
-/* Compute the delta between where we were compiled to run at
+/*
+ * Compute the delta between where we were compiled to run at
  * and where the code will actually run at.
- */
-/* %ebp contains the address we are loaded at by the boot loader and %ebx
+ *
+ * %ebp contains the address we are loaded at by the boot loader and %ebx
  * contains the address where we should move the kernel image temporarily
  * for safe in-place decompression.
  */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
 	movl	%ebp, %ebx
-	addl	$(PMD_PAGE_SIZE -1), %ebx
-	andl	$PMD_PAGE_MASK, %ebx
+	movl	BP_kernel_alignment(%esi), %eax
+	decl	%eax
+	addl	%eax, %ebx
+	notl	%eax
+	andl	%eax, %ebx
 #else
-	movl	$CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START, %ebx
+	movl	$LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR, %ebx
 #endif
 
-	/* Replace the compressed data size with the uncompressed size */
-	subl	input_len(%ebp), %ebx
-	movl	output_len(%ebp), %eax
-	addl	%eax, %ebx
-	/* Add 8 bytes for every 32K input block */
-	shrl	$12, %eax
-	addl	%eax, %ebx
-	/* Add 32K + 18 bytes of extra slack and align on a 4K boundary */
-	addl	$(32768 + 18 + 4095), %ebx
-	andl	$~4095, %ebx
+	/* Target address to relocate to for decompression */
+	addl	$z_extract_offset, %ebx
 
 /*
  * Prepare for entering 64 bit mode
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ ENTRY(startup_32)
  /*
   * Build early 4G boot pagetable
   */
-	/* Initialize Page tables to 0*/
+	/* Initialize Page tables to 0 */
 	leal	pgtable(%ebx), %edi
 	xorl	%eax, %eax
 	movl	$((4096*6)/4), %ecx
@@ -155,7 +154,8 @@ ENTRY(startup_32)
 	btsl	$_EFER_LME, %eax
 	wrmsr
 
-	/* Setup for the jump to 64bit mode
+	/*
+	 * Setup for the jump to 64bit mode
 	 *
 	 * When the jump is performend we will be in long mode but
 	 * in 32bit compatibility mode with EFER.LME = 1, CS.L = 0, CS.D = 1
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ no_longmode:
 
 #include "../../kernel/verify_cpu_64.S"
 
-	/* Be careful here startup_64 needs to be at a predictable
+	/*
+	 * Be careful here startup_64 needs to be at a predictable
 	 * address so I can export it in an ELF header.  Bootloaders
 	 * should look at the ELF header to find this address, as
 	 * it may change in the future.
@@ -192,7 +193,8 @@ no_longmode:
 	.code64
 	.org 0x200
 ENTRY(startup_64)
-	/* We come here either from startup_32 or directly from a
+	/*
+	 * We come here either from startup_32 or directly from a
 	 * 64bit bootloader.  If we come here from a bootloader we depend on
 	 * an identity mapped page table being provied that maps our
 	 * entire text+data+bss and hopefully all of memory.
@@ -209,50 +211,54 @@ ENTRY(startup_64)
 	movl    $0x20, %eax
 	ltr	%ax
 
-	/* Compute the decompressed kernel start address.  It is where
+	/*
+	 * Compute the decompressed kernel start address.  It is where
 	 * we were loaded at aligned to a 2M boundary. %rbp contains the
 	 * decompressed kernel start address.
 	 *
 	 * If it is a relocatable kernel then decompress and run the kernel
 	 * from load address aligned to 2MB addr, otherwise decompress and
-	 * run the kernel from CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START
+	 * run the kernel from LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR
+	 *
+	 * We cannot rely on the calculation done in 32-bit mode, since we
+	 * may have been invoked via the 64-bit entry point.
 	 */
 
 	/* Start with the delta to where the kernel will run at. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
 	leaq	startup_32(%rip) /* - $startup_32 */, %rbp
-	addq	$(PMD_PAGE_SIZE - 1), %rbp
-	andq	$PMD_PAGE_MASK, %rbp
-	movq	%rbp, %rbx
+	movl	BP_kernel_alignment(%rsi), %eax
+	decl	%eax
+	addq	%rax, %rbp
+	notq	%rax
+	andq	%rax, %rbp
 #else
-	movq	$CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START, %rbp
-	movq	%rbp, %rbx
+	movq	$LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR, %rbp
 #endif
 
-	/* Replace the compressed data size with the uncompressed size */
-	movl	input_len(%rip), %eax
-	subq	%rax, %rbx
-	movl	output_len(%rip), %eax
-	addq	%rax, %rbx
-	/* Add 8 bytes for every 32K input block */
-	shrq	$12, %rax
-	addq	%rax, %rbx
-	/* Add 32K + 18 bytes of extra slack and align on a 4K boundary */
-	addq	$(32768 + 18 + 4095), %rbx
-	andq	$~4095, %rbx
-
-/* Copy the compressed kernel to the end of our buffer
+	/* Target address to relocate to for decompression */
+	leaq	z_extract_offset(%rbp), %rbx
+
+	/* Set up the stack */
+	leaq	boot_stack_end(%rbx), %rsp
+
+	/* Zero EFLAGS */
+	pushq	$0
+	popfq
+
+/*
+ * Copy the compressed kernel to the end of our buffer
  * where decompression in place becomes safe.
  */
-	leaq	_end_before_pgt(%rip), %r8
-	leaq	_end_before_pgt(%rbx), %r9
-	movq	$_end_before_pgt /* - $startup_32 */, %rcx
-1:	subq	$8, %r8
-	subq	$8, %r9
-	movq	0(%r8), %rax
-	movq	%rax, 0(%r9)
-	subq	$8, %rcx
-	jnz	1b
+	pushq	%rsi
+	leaq	(_bss-8)(%rip), %rsi
+	leaq	(_bss-8)(%rbx), %rdi
+	movq	$_bss /* - $startup_32 */, %rcx
+	shrq	$3, %rcx
+	std
+	rep	movsq
+	cld
+	popq	%rsi
 
 /*
  * Jump to the relocated address.
@@ -260,37 +266,28 @@ ENTRY(startup_64)
 	leaq	relocated(%rbx), %rax
 	jmp	*%rax
 
-.section ".text"
+	.text
 relocated:
 
 /*
- * Clear BSS
+ * Clear BSS (stack is currently empty)
  */
-	xorq	%rax, %rax
-	leaq    _edata(%rbx), %rdi
-	leaq    _end_before_pgt(%rbx), %rcx
+	xorl	%eax, %eax
+	leaq    _bss(%rip), %rdi
+	leaq    _ebss(%rip), %rcx
 	subq	%rdi, %rcx
-	cld
-	rep
-	stosb
-
-	/* Setup the stack */
-	leaq	boot_stack_end(%rip), %rsp
-
-	/* zero EFLAGS after setting rsp */
-	pushq	$0
-	popfq
+	shrq	$3, %rcx
+	rep	stosq
 
 /*
  * Do the decompression, and jump to the new kernel..
  */
-	pushq	%rsi			# Save the real mode argument
-	movq	%rsi, %rdi		# real mode address
-	leaq	boot_heap(%rip), %rsi	# malloc area for uncompression
-	leaq	input_data(%rip), %rdx  # input_data
-	movl	input_len(%rip), %eax
-	movq	%rax, %rcx		# input_len
-	movq	%rbp, %r8		# output
+	pushq	%rsi			/* Save the real mode argument */
+	movq	%rsi, %rdi		/* real mode address */
+	leaq	boot_heap(%rip), %rsi	/* malloc area for uncompression */
+	leaq	input_data(%rip), %rdx  /* input_data */
+	movl	$z_input_len, %ecx	/* input_len */
+	movq	%rbp, %r8		/* output target address */
 	call	decompress_kernel
 	popq	%rsi
 
@@ -311,11 +308,21 @@ gdt:
 	.quad   0x0000000000000000	/* TS continued */
 gdt_end:
 
-.bss
-/* Stack and heap for uncompression */
-.balign 4
+/*
+ * Stack and heap for uncompression
+ */
+	.bss
+	.balign 4
 boot_heap:
 	.fill BOOT_HEAP_SIZE, 1, 0
 boot_stack:
 	.fill BOOT_STACK_SIZE, 1, 0
 boot_stack_end:
+
+/*
+ * Space for page tables (not in .bss so not zeroed)
+ */
+	.section ".pgtable","a",@nobits
+	.balign 4096
+pgtable:
+	.fill 6*4096, 1, 0
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index e45be73684ff..842b2a36174a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -325,21 +325,19 @@ asmlinkage void decompress_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
 	free_mem_ptr     = heap;	/* Heap */
 	free_mem_end_ptr = heap + BOOT_HEAP_SIZE;
 
+	if ((unsigned long)output & (MIN_KERNEL_ALIGN - 1))
+		error("Destination address inappropriately aligned");
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	if ((unsigned long)output & (__KERNEL_ALIGN - 1))
-		error("Destination address not 2M aligned");
-	if ((unsigned long)output >= 0xffffffffffUL)
+	if (heap > 0x3fffffffffffUL)
 		error("Destination address too large");
 #else
-	if ((u32)output & (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN - 1))
-		error("Destination address not CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN aligned");
 	if (heap > ((-__PAGE_OFFSET-(512<<20)-1) & 0x7fffffff))
 		error("Destination address too large");
+#endif
 #ifndef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
-	if ((u32)output != LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR)
+	if ((unsigned long)output != LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR)
 		error("Wrong destination address");
 #endif
-#endif
 
 	if (!quiet)
 		putstr("\nDecompressing Linux... ");
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bcbd36c41432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version
+ *  2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ *  02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ *  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * Compute the desired load offset from a compressed program; outputs
+ * a small assembly wrapper with the appropriate symbols defined.
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+static uint32_t getle32(const void *p)
+{
+	const uint8_t *cp = p;
+
+	return (uint32_t)cp[0] + ((uint32_t)cp[1] << 8) +
+		((uint32_t)cp[2] << 16) + ((uint32_t)cp[3] << 24);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	uint32_t olen;
+	long ilen;
+	unsigned long offs;
+	FILE *f;
+
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s compressed_file\n", argv[0]);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/* Get the information for the compressed kernel image first */
+
+	f = fopen(argv[1], "r");
+	if (!f) {
+		perror(argv[1]);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+
+	if (fseek(f, -4L, SEEK_END)) {
+		perror(argv[1]);
+	}
+	fread(&olen, sizeof olen, 1, f);
+	ilen = ftell(f);
+	olen = getle32(&olen);
+	fclose(f);
+
+	/*
+	 * Now we have the input (compressed) and output (uncompressed)
+	 * sizes, compute the necessary decompression offset...
+	 */
+
+	offs = (olen > ilen) ? olen - ilen : 0;
+	offs += olen >> 12;	/* Add 8 bytes for each 32K block */
+	offs += 32*1024 + 18;	/* Add 32K + 18 bytes slack */
+	offs = (offs+4095) & ~4095; /* Round to a 4K boundary */
+
+	printf(".section \".rodata.compressed\",\"a\",@progbits\n");
+	printf(".globl z_input_len\n");
+	printf("z_input_len = %lu\n", ilen);
+	printf(".globl z_output_len\n");
+	printf("z_output_len = %lu\n", (unsigned long)olen);
+	printf(".globl z_extract_offset\n");
+	printf("z_extract_offset = 0x%lx\n", offs);
+	/* z_extract_offset_negative allows simplification of head_32.S */
+	printf(".globl z_extract_offset_negative\n");
+	printf("z_extract_offset_negative = -0x%lx\n", offs);
+
+	printf(".globl input_data, input_data_end\n");
+	printf("input_data:\n");
+	printf(".incbin \"%s\"\n", argv[1]);
+	printf("input_data_end:\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/relocs.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/relocs.c
index 857e492c571e..bbeb0c3fbd90 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/relocs.c
@@ -504,8 +504,11 @@ static void walk_relocs(void (*visit)(Elf32_Rel *rel, Elf32_Sym *sym))
 			if (sym->st_shndx == SHN_ABS) {
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (r_type == R_386_PC32) {
-				/* PC relative relocations don't need to be adjusted */
+			if (r_type == R_386_NONE || r_type == R_386_PC32) {
+				/*
+				 * NONE can be ignored and and PC relative
+				 * relocations don't need to be adjusted.
+				 */
 			}
 			else if (r_type == R_386_32) {
 				/* Visit relocations that need to be adjusted */
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_64.lds b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index bef1ac891bce..cc353e1b3ffd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_64.lds
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
-OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-x86-64", "elf64-x86-64", "elf64-x86-64")
+OUTPUT_FORMAT(CONFIG_OUTPUT_FORMAT, CONFIG_OUTPUT_FORMAT, CONFIG_OUTPUT_FORMAT)
+
+#undef i386
+
+#include <asm/page_types.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 OUTPUT_ARCH(i386:x86-64)
 ENTRY(startup_64)
+#else
+OUTPUT_ARCH(i386)
+ENTRY(startup_32)
+#endif
+
 SECTIONS
 {
 	/* Be careful parts of head_64.S assume startup_32 is at
@@ -33,16 +44,22 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.data.*)
 		_edata = . ;
 	}
+	. = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);
 	.bss : {
 		_bss = . ;
 		*(.bss)
 		*(.bss.*)
 		*(COMMON)
-		. = ALIGN(8);
-		_end_before_pgt = . ;
-		. = ALIGN(4096);
-		pgtable = . ;
-		. = . + 4096 * 6;
+		. = ALIGN(8);	/* For convenience during zeroing */
 		_ebss = .;
 	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+       . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+       .pgtable : {
+		_pgtable = . ;
+		*(.pgtable)
+		_epgtable = . ;
+	}
+#endif
+	_end = .;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr
deleted file mode 100644
index f02382ae5c48..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-SECTIONS
-{
-  .rodata.compressed : {
-	input_len = .;
-	LONG(input_data_end - input_data) input_data = .;
-	*(.data)
-	output_len = . - 4;
-	input_data_end = .;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_32.lds b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_32.lds
deleted file mode 100644
index bb3c48379c40..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_32.lds
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-i386", "elf32-i386", "elf32-i386")
-OUTPUT_ARCH(i386)
-ENTRY(startup_32)
-SECTIONS
-{
-	/* Be careful parts of head_32.S assume startup_32 is at
-	 * address 0.
-	 */
-	. = 0;
-	.text.head : {
-		_head = . ;
-		*(.text.head)
-		_ehead = . ;
-	}
-	.rodata.compressed : {
-		*(.rodata.compressed)
-	}
-	.text :	{
-		_text = .; 	/* Text */
-		*(.text)
-		*(.text.*)
-		_etext = . ;
-	}
-	.rodata : {
-		_rodata = . ;
-		*(.rodata)	 /* read-only data */
-		*(.rodata.*)
-		_erodata = . ;
-	}
-	.data :	{
-		_data = . ;
-		*(.data)
-		*(.data.*)
-		_edata = . ;
-	}
-	.bss : {
-		_bss = . ;
-		*(.bss)
-		*(.bss.*)
-		*(COMMON)
-		_end = . ;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c
index 1aae8f3e5ca1..c501a5b466f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
  *
  *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
  *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
@@ -22,17 +23,17 @@
  */
 static int read_mbr(u8 devno, void *buf)
 {
-	u16 ax, bx, cx, dx;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 
-	ax = 0x0201;		/* Legacy Read, one sector */
-	cx = 0x0001;		/* Sector 0-0-1 */
-	dx = devno;
-	bx = (size_t)buf;
-	asm volatile("pushfl; stc; int $0x13; setc %%al; popfl"
-		     : "+a" (ax), "+c" (cx), "+d" (dx), "+b" (bx)
-		     : : "esi", "edi", "memory");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ax = 0x0201;		/* Legacy Read, one sector */
+	ireg.cx = 0x0001;		/* Sector 0-0-1 */
+	ireg.dl = devno;
+	ireg.bx = (size_t)buf;
 
-	return -(u8)ax;		/* 0 or -1 */
+	intcall(0x13, &ireg, &oreg);
+
+	return -(oreg.eflags & X86_EFLAGS_CF); /* 0 or -1 */
 }
 
 static u32 read_mbr_sig(u8 devno, struct edd_info *ei, u32 *mbrsig)
@@ -72,56 +73,46 @@ static u32 read_mbr_sig(u8 devno, struct edd_info *ei, u32 *mbrsig)
 
 static int get_edd_info(u8 devno, struct edd_info *ei)
 {
-	u16 ax, bx, cx, dx, di;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 
 	memset(ei, 0, sizeof *ei);
 
 	/* Check Extensions Present */
 
-	ax = 0x4100;
-	bx = EDDMAGIC1;
-	dx = devno;
-	asm("pushfl; stc; int $0x13; setc %%al; popfl"
-	    : "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx), "=c" (cx), "+d" (dx)
-	    : : "esi", "edi");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ah = 0x41;
+	ireg.bx = EDDMAGIC1;
+	ireg.dl = devno;
+	intcall(0x13, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	if ((u8)ax)
+	if (oreg.eflags & X86_EFLAGS_CF)
 		return -1;	/* No extended information */
 
-	if (bx != EDDMAGIC2)
+	if (oreg.bx != EDDMAGIC2)
 		return -1;
 
 	ei->device  = devno;
-	ei->version = ax >> 8;	/* EDD version number */
-	ei->interface_support = cx; /* EDD functionality subsets */
+	ei->version = oreg.ah;		 /* EDD version number */
+	ei->interface_support = oreg.cx; /* EDD functionality subsets */
 
 	/* Extended Get Device Parameters */
 
 	ei->params.length = sizeof(ei->params);
-	ax = 0x4800;
-	dx = devno;
-	asm("pushfl; int $0x13; popfl"
-	    : "+a" (ax), "+d" (dx), "=m" (ei->params)
-	    : "S" (&ei->params)
-	    : "ebx", "ecx", "edi");
+	ireg.ah = 0x48;
+	ireg.si = (size_t)&ei->params;
+	intcall(0x13, &ireg, &oreg);
 
 	/* Get legacy CHS parameters */
 
 	/* Ralf Brown recommends setting ES:DI to 0:0 */
-	ax = 0x0800;
-	dx = devno;
-	di = 0;
-	asm("pushw %%es; "
-	    "movw %%di,%%es; "
-	    "pushfl; stc; int $0x13; setc %%al; popfl; "
-	    "popw %%es"
-	    : "+a" (ax), "=b" (bx), "=c" (cx), "+d" (dx), "+D" (di)
-	    : : "esi");
-
-	if ((u8)ax == 0) {
-		ei->legacy_max_cylinder = (cx >> 8) + ((cx & 0xc0) << 2);
-		ei->legacy_max_head = dx >> 8;
-		ei->legacy_sectors_per_track = cx & 0x3f;
+	ireg.ah = 0x08;
+	ireg.es = 0;
+	intcall(0x13, &ireg, &oreg);
+
+	if (!(oreg.eflags & X86_EFLAGS_CF)) {
+		ei->legacy_max_cylinder = oreg.ch + ((oreg.cl & 0xc0) << 2);
+		ei->legacy_max_head = oreg.dh;
+		ei->legacy_sectors_per_track = oreg.cl & 0x3f;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
index 5d84d1c74e4c..b31cc54b4641 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 #include <asm/page_types.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include "boot.h"
-#include "offsets.h"
+#include "voffset.h"
+#include "zoffset.h"
 
 BOOTSEG		= 0x07C0		/* original address of boot-sector */
 SYSSEG		= 0x1000		/* historical load address >> 4 */
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ _start:
 	# Part 2 of the header, from the old setup.S
 
 		.ascii	"HdrS"		# header signature
-		.word	0x0209		# header version number (>= 0x0105)
+		.word	0x020a		# header version number (>= 0x0105)
 					# or else old loadlin-1.5 will fail)
 		.globl realmode_swtch
 realmode_swtch:	.word	0, 0		# default_switch, SETUPSEG
@@ -168,7 +169,11 @@ heap_end_ptr:	.word	_end+STACK_SIZE-512
 					# end of setup code can be used by setup
 					# for local heap purposes.
 
-pad1:		.word	0
+ext_loader_ver:
+		.byte	0		# Extended boot loader version
+ext_loader_type:
+		.byte	0		# Extended boot loader type
+
 cmd_line_ptr:	.long	0		# (Header version 0x0202 or later)
 					# If nonzero, a 32-bit pointer
 					# to the kernel command line.
@@ -200,7 +205,7 @@ relocatable_kernel:    .byte 1
 #else
 relocatable_kernel:    .byte 0
 #endif
-pad2:			.byte 0
+min_alignment:		.byte MIN_KERNEL_ALIGN_LG2	# minimum alignment
 pad3:			.word 0
 
 cmdline_size:   .long   COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1     #length of the command line,
@@ -212,16 +217,27 @@ hardware_subarch:	.long 0			# subarchitecture, added with 2.07
 
 hardware_subarch_data:	.quad 0
 
-payload_offset:		.long input_data
-payload_length:		.long input_data_end-input_data
+payload_offset:		.long ZO_input_data
+payload_length:		.long ZO_z_input_len
 
 setup_data:		.quad 0			# 64-bit physical pointer to
 						# single linked list of
 						# struct setup_data
 
+pref_address:		.quad LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR	# preferred load addr
+
+#define ZO_INIT_SIZE	(ZO__end - ZO_startup_32 + ZO_z_extract_offset)
+#define VO_INIT_SIZE	(VO__end - VO__text)
+#if ZO_INIT_SIZE > VO_INIT_SIZE
+#define INIT_SIZE ZO_INIT_SIZE
+#else
+#define INIT_SIZE VO_INIT_SIZE
+#endif
+init_size:		.long INIT_SIZE		# kernel initialization size
+
 # End of setup header #####################################################
 
-	.section ".inittext", "ax"
+	.section ".entrytext", "ax"
 start_of_setup:
 #ifdef SAFE_RESET_DISK_CONTROLLER
 # Reset the disk controller.
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/main.c b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
index 58f0415d3ae0..140172b895bd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
  *
  *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
  *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
@@ -61,11 +62,10 @@ static void copy_boot_params(void)
  */
 static void keyboard_set_repeat(void)
 {
-	u16 ax = 0x0305;
-	u16 bx = 0;
-	asm volatile("int $0x16"
-		     : "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx)
-		     : : "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
+	struct biosregs ireg;
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ax = 0x0305;
+	intcall(0x16, &ireg, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -73,18 +73,22 @@ static void keyboard_set_repeat(void)
  */
 static void query_ist(void)
 {
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
+
 	/* Some older BIOSes apparently crash on this call, so filter
 	   it from machines too old to have SpeedStep at all. */
 	if (cpu.level < 6)
 		return;
 
-	asm("int $0x15"
-	    : "=a" (boot_params.ist_info.signature),
-	      "=b" (boot_params.ist_info.command),
-	      "=c" (boot_params.ist_info.event),
-	      "=d" (boot_params.ist_info.perf_level)
-	    : "a" (0x0000e980),	 /* IST Support */
-	      "d" (0x47534943)); /* Request value */
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ax  = 0xe980;	 /* IST Support */
+	ireg.edx = 0x47534943;	 /* Request value */
+	intcall(0x15, &ireg, &oreg);
+
+	boot_params.ist_info.signature  = oreg.eax;
+	boot_params.ist_info.command    = oreg.ebx;
+	boot_params.ist_info.event      = oreg.ecx;
+	boot_params.ist_info.perf_level = oreg.edx;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -93,13 +97,12 @@ static void query_ist(void)
 static void set_bios_mode(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	u32 eax, ebx;
+	struct biosregs ireg;
 
-	eax = 0xec00;
-	ebx = 2;
-	asm volatile("int $0x15"
-		     : "+a" (eax), "+b" (ebx)
-		     : : "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ax = 0xec00;
+	ireg.bx = 2;
+	intcall(0x15, &ireg, NULL);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/mca.c b/arch/x86/boot/mca.c
index 911eaae5d696..a95a531148ef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/mca.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/mca.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
  *
  *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
  *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
@@ -16,26 +17,22 @@
 
 int query_mca(void)
 {
-	u8 err;
-	u16 es, bx, len;
-
-	asm("pushw %%es ; "
-	    "int $0x15 ; "
-	    "setc %0 ; "
-	    "movw %%es, %1 ; "
-	    "popw %%es"
-	    : "=acd" (err), "=acdSD" (es), "=b" (bx)
-	    : "a" (0xc000));
-
-	if (err)
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
+	u16 len;
+
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ah = 0xc0;
+	intcall(0x15, &ireg, &oreg);
+
+	if (oreg.eflags & X86_EFLAGS_CF)
 		return -1;	/* No MCA present */
 
-	set_fs(es);
-	len = rdfs16(bx);
+	set_fs(oreg.es);
+	len = rdfs16(oreg.bx);
 
 	if (len > sizeof(boot_params.sys_desc_table))
 		len = sizeof(boot_params.sys_desc_table);
 
-	copy_from_fs(&boot_params.sys_desc_table, bx, len);
+	copy_from_fs(&boot_params.sys_desc_table, oreg.bx, len);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/memory.c b/arch/x86/boot/memory.c
index 5054c2ddd1a0..cae3feb1035e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/memory.c
@@ -17,43 +17,41 @@
 
 #define SMAP	0x534d4150	/* ASCII "SMAP" */
 
-struct e820_ext_entry {
-	struct e820entry std;
-	u32 ext_flags;
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
 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
 		   the final, failing, probe. */
-		if (err)
+		if (oreg.eflags & X86_EFLAGS_CF)
 			break;
 
 		/* Some BIOSes stop returning SMAP in the middle of
@@ -61,66 +59,64 @@ static int detect_memory_e820(void)
 		   screwed up the map at that point, we might have a
 		   partial map, the full map, or complete garbage, so
 		   just return failure. */
-		if (id != SMAP) {
+		if (oreg.eax != SMAP) {
 			count = 0;
 			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 (size > 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;
 }
 
 static int detect_memory_e801(void)
 {
-	u16 ax, bx, cx, dx;
-	u8 err;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 
-	bx = cx = dx = 0;
-	ax = 0xe801;
-	asm("stc; int $0x15; setc %0"
-	    : "=m" (err), "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx), "+c" (cx), "+d" (dx));
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ax = 0xe801;
+	intcall(0x15, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	if (err)
+	if (oreg.eflags & X86_EFLAGS_CF)
 		return -1;
 
 	/* Do we really need to do this? */
-	if (cx || dx) {
-		ax = cx;
-		bx = dx;
+	if (oreg.cx || oreg.dx) {
+		oreg.ax = oreg.cx;
+		oreg.bx = oreg.dx;
 	}
 
-	if (ax > 15*1024)
+	if (oreg.ax > 15*1024) {
 		return -1;	/* Bogus! */
-
-	/* This ignores memory above 16MB if we have a memory hole
-	   there.  If someone actually finds a machine with a memory
-	   hole at 16MB and no support for 0E820h they should probably
-	   generate a fake e820 map. */
-	boot_params.alt_mem_k = (ax == 15*1024) ? (dx << 6)+ax : ax;
+	} else if (oreg.ax == 15*1024) {
+		boot_params.alt_mem_k = (oreg.dx << 6) + oreg.ax;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * This ignores memory above 16MB if we have a memory
+		 * hole there.  If someone actually finds a machine
+		 * with a memory hole at 16MB and no support for
+		 * 0E820h they should probably generate a fake e820
+		 * map.
+		 */
+		boot_params.alt_mem_k = oreg.ax;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int detect_memory_88(void)
 {
-	u16 ax;
-	u8 err;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 
-	ax = 0x8800;
-	asm("stc; int $0x15; setc %0" : "=bcdm" (err), "+a" (ax));
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ah = 0x88;
+	intcall(0x15, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	boot_params.screen_info.ext_mem_k = ax;
+	boot_params.screen_info.ext_mem_k = oreg.ax;
 
-	return -err;
+	return -(oreg.eflags & X86_EFLAGS_CF); /* 0 or -1 */
 }
 
 int detect_memory(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/regs.c b/arch/x86/boot/regs.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..958019b1cfa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/regs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
+ *
+ *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
+ *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or (at your
+ *   option) any later version; incorporated herein by reference.
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * Simple helper function for initializing a register set.
+ *
+ * Note that this sets EFLAGS_CF in the input register set; this
+ * makes it easier to catch functions which do nothing but don't
+ * explicitly set CF.
+ */
+
+#include "boot.h"
+
+void initregs(struct biosregs *reg)
+{
+	memset(reg, 0, sizeof *reg);
+	reg->eflags |= X86_EFLAGS_CF;
+	reg->ds = ds();
+	reg->es = ds();
+	reg->fs = fs();
+	reg->gs = gs();
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld b/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
index bb8dc2de7969..0f6ec455a2b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	. = 497;
 	.header		: { *(.header) }
+	.entrytext	: { *(.entrytext) }
 	.inittext	: { *(.inittext) }
 	.initdata	: { *(.initdata) }
+	__end_init = .;
+
 	.text		: { *(.text) }
 	.text32		: { *(.text32) }
 
@@ -52,4 +55,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	. = ASSERT(_end <= 0x8000, "Setup too big!");
 	. = ASSERT(hdr == 0x1f1, "The setup header has the wrong offset!");
+	/* Necessary for the very-old-loader check to work... */
+	. = ASSERT(__end_init <= 5*512, "init sections too big!");
+
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/tty.c b/arch/x86/boot/tty.c
index 7e8e8b25f5f6..01ec69c901c7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/tty.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/tty.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
  *
  *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
  *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
@@ -22,24 +23,23 @@
 
 void __attribute__((section(".inittext"))) putchar(int ch)
 {
-	unsigned char c = ch;
+	struct biosregs ireg;
 
-	if (c == '\n')
+	if (ch == '\n')
 		putchar('\r');	/* \n -> \r\n */
 
-	/* int $0x10 is known to have bugs involving touching registers
-	   it shouldn't.  Be extra conservative... */
-	asm volatile("pushal; pushw %%ds; int $0x10; popw %%ds; popal"
-		     : : "b" (0x0007), "c" (0x0001), "a" (0x0e00|ch));
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.bx = 0x0007;
+	ireg.cx = 0x0001;
+	ireg.ah = 0x0e;
+	ireg.al = ch;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 }
 
 void __attribute__((section(".inittext"))) puts(const char *str)
 {
-	int n = 0;
-	while (*str) {
+	while (*str)
 		putchar(*str++);
-		n++;
-	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -49,14 +49,13 @@ void __attribute__((section(".inittext"))) puts(const char *str)
 
 static u8 gettime(void)
 {
-	u16 ax = 0x0200;
-	u16 cx, dx;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 
-	asm volatile("int $0x1a"
-		     : "+a" (ax), "=c" (cx), "=d" (dx)
-		     : : "ebx", "esi", "edi");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ah = 0x02;
+	intcall(0x1a, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	return dx >> 8;
+	return oreg.dh;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -64,19 +63,24 @@ static u8 gettime(void)
  */
 int getchar(void)
 {
-	u16 ax = 0;
-	asm volatile("int $0x16" : "+a" (ax));
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
+
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	/* ireg.ah = 0x00; */
+	intcall(0x16, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	return ax & 0xff;
+	return oreg.al;
 }
 
 static int kbd_pending(void)
 {
-	u8 pending;
-	asm volatile("int $0x16; setnz %0"
-		     : "=qm" (pending)
-		     : "a" (0x0100));
-	return pending;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
+
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ah = 0x01;
+	intcall(0x16, &ireg, &oreg);
+
+	return !(oreg.eflags & X86_EFLAGS_ZF);
 }
 
 void kbd_flush(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/video-bios.c b/arch/x86/boot/video-bios.c
index 3fa979c9c363..d660be492363 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/video-bios.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/video-bios.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
  *
  *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
  *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
@@ -29,21 +30,21 @@ static int bios_set_mode(struct mode_info *mi)
 
 static int set_bios_mode(u8 mode)
 {
-	u16 ax;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 	u8 new_mode;
 
-	ax = mode;		/* AH=0x00 Set Video Mode */
-	asm volatile(INT10
-		     : "+a" (ax)
-		     : : "ebx", "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.al = mode;		/* AH=0x00 Set Video Mode */
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 
-	ax = 0x0f00;		/* Get Current Video Mode */
-	asm volatile(INT10
-		     : "+a" (ax)
-		     : : "ebx", "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
+
+	ireg.ah = 0x0f;		/* Get Current Video Mode */
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
 
 	do_restore = 1;		/* Assume video contents were lost */
-	new_mode = ax & 0x7f;	/* Not all BIOSes are clean with the top bit */
+
+	/* Not all BIOSes are clean with the top bit */
+	new_mode = ireg.al & 0x7f;
 
 	if (new_mode == mode)
 		return 0;	/* Mode change OK */
@@ -53,10 +54,8 @@ static int set_bios_mode(u8 mode)
 		/* Mode setting failed, but we didn't end up where we
 		   started.  That's bad.  Try to revert to the original
 		   video mode. */
-		ax = boot_params.screen_info.orig_video_mode;
-		asm volatile(INT10
-			     : "+a" (ax)
-			     : : "ebx", "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
+		ireg.ax = boot_params.screen_info.orig_video_mode;
+		intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 	}
 #endif
 	return -1;
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/video-vesa.c b/arch/x86/boot/video-vesa.c
index 4a58c8ce3f69..c700147d6ffb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/video-vesa.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/video-vesa.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
  *
  *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
  *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ static inline void vesa_store_mode_params_graphics(void) {}
 static int vesa_probe(void)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_VESA) || defined(CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID)
-	u16 ax, cx, di;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 	u16 mode;
 	addr_t mode_ptr;
 	struct mode_info *mi;
@@ -39,13 +40,12 @@ static int vesa_probe(void)
 
 	video_vesa.modes = GET_HEAP(struct mode_info, 0);
 
-	ax = 0x4f00;
-	di = (size_t)&vginfo;
-	asm(INT10
-	    : "+a" (ax), "+D" (di), "=m" (vginfo)
-	    : : "ebx", "ecx", "edx", "esi");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ax = 0x4f00;
+	ireg.di = (size_t)&vginfo;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	if (ax != 0x004f ||
+	if (ireg.ax != 0x004f ||
 	    vginfo.signature != VESA_MAGIC ||
 	    vginfo.version < 0x0102)
 		return 0;	/* Not present */
@@ -65,14 +65,12 @@ static int vesa_probe(void)
 
 		memset(&vminfo, 0, sizeof vminfo); /* Just in case... */
 
-		ax = 0x4f01;
-		cx = mode;
-		di = (size_t)&vminfo;
-		asm(INT10
-		    : "+a" (ax), "+c" (cx), "+D" (di), "=m" (vminfo)
-		    : : "ebx", "edx", "esi");
+		ireg.ax = 0x4f01;
+		ireg.cx = mode;
+		ireg.di = (size_t)&vminfo;
+		intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-		if (ax != 0x004f)
+		if (ireg.ax != 0x004f)
 			continue;
 
 		if ((vminfo.mode_attr & 0x15) == 0x05) {
@@ -111,20 +109,19 @@ static int vesa_probe(void)
 
 static int vesa_set_mode(struct mode_info *mode)
 {
-	u16 ax, bx, cx, di;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 	int is_graphic;
 	u16 vesa_mode = mode->mode - VIDEO_FIRST_VESA;
 
 	memset(&vminfo, 0, sizeof vminfo); /* Just in case... */
 
-	ax = 0x4f01;
-	cx = vesa_mode;
-	di = (size_t)&vminfo;
-	asm(INT10
-	    : "+a" (ax), "+c" (cx), "+D" (di), "=m" (vminfo)
-	    : : "ebx", "edx", "esi");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ax = 0x4f01;
+	ireg.cx = vesa_mode;
+	ireg.di = (size_t)&vminfo;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	if (ax != 0x004f)
+	if (oreg.ax != 0x004f)
 		return -1;
 
 	if ((vminfo.mode_attr & 0x15) == 0x05) {
@@ -141,14 +138,12 @@ static int vesa_set_mode(struct mode_info *mode)
 	}
 
 
-	ax = 0x4f02;
-	bx = vesa_mode;
-	di = 0;
-	asm volatile(INT10
-		     : "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx), "+D" (di)
-		     : : "ecx", "edx", "esi");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ax = 0x4f02;
+	ireg.bx = vesa_mode;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	if (ax != 0x004f)
+	if (oreg.ax != 0x004f)
 		return -1;
 
 	graphic_mode = is_graphic;
@@ -171,50 +166,45 @@ static int vesa_set_mode(struct mode_info *mode)
 /* Switch DAC to 8-bit mode */
 static void vesa_dac_set_8bits(void)
 {
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 	u8 dac_size = 6;
 
 	/* If possible, switch the DAC to 8-bit mode */
 	if (vginfo.capabilities & 1) {
-		u16 ax, bx;
-
-		ax = 0x4f08;
-		bx = 0x0800;
-		asm volatile(INT10
-			     : "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx)
-			     : : "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
-
-		if (ax == 0x004f)
-			dac_size = bx >> 8;
+		initregs(&ireg);
+		ireg.ax = 0x4f08;
+		ireg.bh = 0x08;
+		intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
+		if (oreg.ax == 0x004f)
+			dac_size = oreg.bh;
 	}
 
 	/* Set the color sizes to the DAC size, and offsets to 0 */
-	boot_params.screen_info.red_size = dac_size;
+	boot_params.screen_info.red_size   = dac_size;
 	boot_params.screen_info.green_size = dac_size;
-	boot_params.screen_info.blue_size = dac_size;
-	boot_params.screen_info.rsvd_size = dac_size;
+	boot_params.screen_info.blue_size  = dac_size;
+	boot_params.screen_info.rsvd_size  = dac_size;
 
-	boot_params.screen_info.red_pos = 0;
-	boot_params.screen_info.green_pos = 0;
-	boot_params.screen_info.blue_pos = 0;
-	boot_params.screen_info.rsvd_pos = 0;
+	boot_params.screen_info.red_pos    = 0;
+	boot_params.screen_info.green_pos  = 0;
+	boot_params.screen_info.blue_pos   = 0;
+	boot_params.screen_info.rsvd_pos   = 0;
 }
 
 /* Save the VESA protected mode info */
 static void vesa_store_pm_info(void)
 {
-	u16 ax, bx, di, es;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 
-	ax = 0x4f0a;
-	bx = di = 0;
-	asm("pushw %%es; "INT10"; movw %%es,%0; popw %%es"
-	    : "=d" (es), "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx), "+D" (di)
-	    : : "ecx", "esi");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ax = 0x4f0a;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	if (ax != 0x004f)
+	if (oreg.ax != 0x004f)
 		return;
 
-	boot_params.screen_info.vesapm_seg = es;
-	boot_params.screen_info.vesapm_off = di;
+	boot_params.screen_info.vesapm_seg = oreg.es;
+	boot_params.screen_info.vesapm_off = oreg.di;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -252,7 +242,7 @@ static void vesa_store_mode_params_graphics(void)
 void vesa_store_edid(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID
-	u16 ax, bx, cx, dx, di;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 
 	/* Apparently used as a nonsense token... */
 	memset(&boot_params.edid_info, 0x13, sizeof boot_params.edid_info);
@@ -260,33 +250,26 @@ void vesa_store_edid(void)
 	if (vginfo.version < 0x0200)
 		return;		/* EDID requires VBE 2.0+ */
 
-	ax = 0x4f15;		/* VBE DDC */
-	bx = 0x0000;		/* Report DDC capabilities */
-	cx = 0;			/* Controller 0 */
-	di = 0;			/* ES:DI must be 0 by spec */
-
-	/* Note: The VBE DDC spec is different from the main VESA spec;
-	   we genuinely have to assume all registers are destroyed here. */
-
-	asm("pushw %%es; movw %2,%%es; "INT10"; popw %%es"
-	    : "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx), "+c" (cx), "+D" (di)
-	    : : "esi", "edx");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ax = 0x4f15;		/* VBE DDC */
+	/* ireg.bx = 0x0000; */		/* Report DDC capabilities */
+	/* ireg.cx = 0;	*/		/* Controller 0 */
+	ireg.es = 0;			/* ES:DI must be 0 by spec */
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	if (ax != 0x004f)
+	if (oreg.ax != 0x004f)
 		return;		/* No EDID */
 
 	/* BH = time in seconds to transfer EDD information */
 	/* BL = DDC level supported */
 
-	ax = 0x4f15;		/* VBE DDC */
-	bx = 0x0001;		/* Read EDID */
-	cx = 0;			/* Controller 0 */
-	dx = 0;			/* EDID block number */
-	di =(size_t) &boot_params.edid_info; /* (ES:)Pointer to block */
-	asm(INT10
-	    : "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx), "+d" (dx), "=m" (boot_params.edid_info),
-	      "+c" (cx), "+D" (di)
-	    : : "esi");
+	ireg.ax = 0x4f15;		/* VBE DDC */
+	ireg.bx = 0x0001;		/* Read EDID */
+	/* ireg.cx = 0; */		/* Controller 0 */
+	/* ireg.dx = 0;	*/		/* EDID block number */
+	ireg.es = ds();
+	ireg.di =(size_t)&boot_params.edid_info; /* (ES:)Pointer to block */
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
 #endif /* CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID */
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/video-vga.c b/arch/x86/boot/video-vga.c
index 9e0587a37768..8f8d827e254d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/video-vga.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/video-vga.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
  *
  *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
  *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
@@ -39,30 +40,30 @@ static __videocard video_vga;
 /* Set basic 80x25 mode */
 static u8 vga_set_basic_mode(void)
 {
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 	u16 ax;
 	u8 rows;
 	u8 mode;
 
+	initregs(&ireg);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_400_HACK
 	if (adapter >= ADAPTER_VGA) {
-		asm volatile(INT10
-			     : : "a" (0x1202), "b" (0x0030)
-			     : "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
+		ireg.ax = 0x1202;
+		ireg.bx = 0x0030;
+		intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 	}
 #endif
 
 	ax = 0x0f00;
-	asm volatile(INT10
-		     : "+a" (ax)
-		     : : "ebx", "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
-
-	mode = (u8)ax;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
+	mode = oreg.al;
 
 	set_fs(0);
 	rows = rdfs8(0x484);	/* rows minus one */
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_VIDEO_400_HACK
-	if ((ax == 0x5003 || ax == 0x5007) &&
+	if ((oreg.ax == 0x5003 || oreg.ax == 0x5007) &&
 	    (rows == 0 || rows == 24))
 		return mode;
 #endif
@@ -71,10 +72,8 @@ static u8 vga_set_basic_mode(void)
 		mode = 3;
 
 	/* Set the mode */
-	ax = mode;
-	asm volatile(INT10
-		     : "+a" (ax)
-		     : : "ebx", "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
+	ireg.ax = mode;		/* AH=0: set mode */
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 	do_restore = 1;
 	return mode;
 }
@@ -82,43 +81,69 @@ static u8 vga_set_basic_mode(void)
 static void vga_set_8font(void)
 {
 	/* Set 8x8 font - 80x43 on EGA, 80x50 on VGA */
+	struct biosregs ireg;
+
+	initregs(&ireg);
 
 	/* Set 8x8 font */
-	asm volatile(INT10 : : "a" (0x1112), "b" (0));
+	ireg.ax = 0x1112;
+	/* ireg.bl = 0; */
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 
 	/* Use alternate print screen */
-	asm volatile(INT10 : : "a" (0x1200), "b" (0x20));
+	ireg.ax = 0x1200;
+	ireg.bl = 0x20;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 
 	/* Turn off cursor emulation */
-	asm volatile(INT10 : : "a" (0x1201), "b" (0x34));
+	ireg.ax = 0x1201;
+	ireg.bl = 0x34;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 
 	/* Cursor is scan lines 6-7 */
-	asm volatile(INT10 : : "a" (0x0100), "c" (0x0607));
+	ireg.ax = 0x0100;
+	ireg.cx = 0x0607;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 }
 
 static void vga_set_14font(void)
 {
 	/* Set 9x14 font - 80x28 on VGA */
+	struct biosregs ireg;
+
+	initregs(&ireg);
 
 	/* Set 9x14 font */
-	asm volatile(INT10 : : "a" (0x1111), "b" (0));
+	ireg.ax = 0x1111;
+	/* ireg.bl = 0; */
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 
 	/* Turn off cursor emulation */
-	asm volatile(INT10 : : "a" (0x1201), "b" (0x34));
+	ireg.ax = 0x1201;
+	ireg.bl = 0x34;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 
 	/* Cursor is scan lines 11-12 */
-	asm volatile(INT10 : : "a" (0x0100), "c" (0x0b0c));
+	ireg.ax = 0x0100;
+	ireg.cx = 0x0b0c;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 }
 
 static void vga_set_80x43(void)
 {
 	/* Set 80x43 mode on VGA (not EGA) */
+	struct biosregs ireg;
+
+	initregs(&ireg);
 
 	/* Set 350 scans */
-	asm volatile(INT10 : : "a" (0x1201), "b" (0x30));
+	ireg.ax = 0x1201;
+	ireg.bl = 0x30;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 
 	/* Reset video mode */
-	asm volatile(INT10 : : "a" (0x0003));
+	ireg.ax = 0x0003;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 
 	vga_set_8font();
 }
@@ -225,8 +250,6 @@ static int vga_set_mode(struct mode_info *mode)
  */
 static int vga_probe(void)
 {
-	u16 ega_bx;
-
 	static const char *card_name[] = {
 		"CGA/MDA/HGC", "EGA", "VGA"
 	};
@@ -240,26 +263,26 @@ static int vga_probe(void)
 		sizeof(ega_modes)/sizeof(struct mode_info),
 		sizeof(vga_modes)/sizeof(struct mode_info),
 	};
-	u8 vga_flag;
 
-	asm(INT10
-	    : "=b" (ega_bx)
-	    : "a" (0x1200), "b" (0x10) /* Check EGA/VGA */
-	    : "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
+
+	initregs(&ireg);
+
+	ireg.ax = 0x1200;
+	ireg.bl = 0x10;		/* Check EGA/VGA */
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
 
 #ifndef _WAKEUP
-	boot_params.screen_info.orig_video_ega_bx = ega_bx;
+	boot_params.screen_info.orig_video_ega_bx = oreg.bx;
 #endif
 
 	/* If we have MDA/CGA/HGC then BL will be unchanged at 0x10 */
-	if ((u8)ega_bx != 0x10) {
+	if (oreg.bl != 0x10) {
 		/* EGA/VGA */
-		asm(INT10
-		    : "=a" (vga_flag)
-		    : "a" (0x1a00)
-		    : "ebx", "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
+		ireg.ax = 0x1a00;
+		intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-		if (vga_flag == 0x1a) {
+		if (oreg.al == 0x1a) {
 			adapter = ADAPTER_VGA;
 #ifndef _WAKEUP
 			boot_params.screen_info.orig_video_isVGA = 1;
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/video.c b/arch/x86/boot/video.c
index 3bef2c1febe9..bad728b76fc2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/video.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/video.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
  *
  *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
  *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
@@ -18,33 +19,29 @@
 
 static void store_cursor_position(void)
 {
-	u16 curpos;
-	u16 ax, bx;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 
-	ax = 0x0300;
-	bx = 0;
-	asm(INT10
-	    : "=d" (curpos), "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx)
-	    : : "ecx", "esi", "edi");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ah = 0x03;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
 
-	boot_params.screen_info.orig_x = curpos;
-	boot_params.screen_info.orig_y = curpos >> 8;
+	boot_params.screen_info.orig_x = oreg.dl;
+	boot_params.screen_info.orig_y = oreg.dh;
 }
 
 static void store_video_mode(void)
 {
-	u16 ax, page;
+	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
 
 	/* N.B.: the saving of the video page here is a bit silly,
 	   since we pretty much assume page 0 everywhere. */
-	ax = 0x0f00;
-	asm(INT10
-	    : "+a" (ax), "=b" (page)
-	    : : "ecx", "edx", "esi", "edi");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ah = 0x0f;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, &oreg);
 
 	/* Not all BIOSes are clean with respect to the top bit */
-	boot_params.screen_info.orig_video_mode = ax & 0x7f;
-	boot_params.screen_info.orig_video_page = page >> 8;
+	boot_params.screen_info.orig_video_mode = oreg.al & 0x7f;
+	boot_params.screen_info.orig_video_page = oreg.bh;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -257,7 +254,7 @@ static void restore_screen(void)
 	int y;
 	addr_t dst = 0;
 	u16 *src = saved.data;
-	u16 ax, bx, dx;
+	struct biosregs ireg;
 
 	if (graphic_mode)
 		return;		/* Can't restore onto a graphic mode */
@@ -296,12 +293,11 @@ static void restore_screen(void)
 	}
 
 	/* Restore cursor position */
-	ax = 0x0200;		/* Set cursor position */
-	bx = 0;			/* Page number (<< 8) */
-	dx = (saved.cury << 8)+saved.curx;
-	asm volatile(INT10
-		     : "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx), "+d" (dx)
-		     : : "ecx", "esi", "edi");
+	initregs(&ireg);
+	ireg.ah = 0x02;		/* Set cursor position */
+	ireg.dh = saved.cury;
+	ireg.dl = saved.curx;
+	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 }
 #else
 #define save_screen()		((void)0)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/video.h b/arch/x86/boot/video.h
index ee63f5d14461..5bb174a997fc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/video.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/video.h
@@ -112,20 +112,6 @@ extern int force_x, force_y;	/* Don't query the BIOS for cols/rows */
 extern int do_restore;		/* Restore screen contents */
 extern int graphic_mode;	/* Graphics mode with linear frame buffer */
 
-/*
- * int $0x10 is notorious for touching registers it shouldn't.
- * gcc doesn't like %ebp being clobbered, so define it as a push/pop
- * sequence here.
- *
- * A number of systems, including the original PC can clobber %bp in
- * certain circumstances, like when scrolling.  There exists at least
- * one Trident video card which could clobber DS under a set of
- * circumstances that we are unlikely to encounter (scrolling when
- * using an extended graphics mode of more than 800x600 pixels), but
- * it's cheap insurance to deal with that here.
- */
-#define INT10 "pushl %%ebp; pushw %%ds; int $0x10; popw %%ds; popl %%ebp"
-
 /* Accessing VGA indexed registers */
 static inline u8 in_idx(u16 port, u8 index)
 {