x86 setup: fix ghost entries under /sys/firmware/edd take 3
Some BIOSes do not indicate error when trying to read from non- existing device. Zero buffer before reading and check that we possibly have valid MBR by looking for MBR magic. This was fixed in different way for edd.S in http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=114087765422490&w=2 , but lost again when edd.S was rewritten in C. Signed-off-by:Andrey Borzenkov < <arvidjaar@mail.ru> Signed-off-by:
H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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