I feel like trying to fit a cube into a circle-shaped hole on those little things kids play with... but however ugly the change can look it makes the MP HAL not freeze during boot.
Modified: trunk/reactos/hal/halx86/mp/apic.c
--- trunk/reactos/hal/halx86/mp/apic.c 2005-06-29 18:18:19 UTC (rev 16324) +++ trunk/reactos/hal/halx86/mp/apic.c 2005-06-29 18:21:31 UTC (rev 16325) @@ -908,8 +908,9 @@
KDESCRIPTOR *idt; idt = (KDESCRIPTOR*)((ULONG)KeGetCurrentKPCR()->IDT + index * sizeof(KDESCRIPTOR));
- idt->Limit = address & 0xffff;
- idt->Base = 0x8e00 + (address &0xffff0000);
+ idt->Pad = address & 0xffff;
+ idt->Limit = KERNEL_CS;
+ idt->Base = 0x8e00 + (address & 0xffff0000);
} VOID HaliInitBSP(VOID)