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DateFri, 17 Nov 2006 22:59:32 -0800
From"H. Peter Anvin" <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 20/20] x86_64: Move CPU verification code to common file
Oleg Verych wrote:
> 
> It will burn CPU, until power cycle will be done (my AMD64 laptop and
> Intel's amd64 destop PC require that). In case of reboot timeout (or
> just reboot with jump to BIOS), i will just choose another image to boot
> or will press F8 to have another boot device.
> 

That's a fairly stupid argument, since it assumes operator intervention, 
at which point you have access to the machine anyway.

A stronger argument is, again, that some bootloaders can do unattended 
fallback.

However, this test should probably be pushed earlier, into setup.S, 
where executing a BIOS-clean reboot is much easier.

	-hpa
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