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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/boot/edd.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/boot/edd.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c index d93cbc6464d..bf4ae6ff518 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ static int read_mbr(u8 devno, void *buf) : "+a" (ax), "+c" (cx), "+d" (dx), "+b" (bx) : : "esi", "edi", "memory"); - return -(u8)ax; /* 0 or -1 */ + /* Some BIOSes do not set carry flag on error but still return + * error in AH. The condition below is expected to catch both */ + return -!!ax; /* 0 or -1 */ } static u32 read_mbr_sig(u8 devno, struct edd_info *ei, u32 *mbrsig) |