Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:51:21 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86_64: be less annoying on boot |
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> > * Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> wrote: > > > Ingo Molnar (mingo@elte.hu) said: > > > > (Alternatively, just remove them, of course...) > > > > > > LOL :) Applied the commit below to tip/x86/debug, thanks Bill! > > > > Does the 'kernel alive' right before it serve any purpose either? > > that has some marginal use: it shows that we are past the really basic > system setup code, we decompressed the kernel and entered protected mode > with boot paging enabled. > > we had bugs in the past where we'd hang/crash after GRUB starts us and > before we reach this printk. > > OTOH ... forcing it upon all users is strong. Feel free to send another > patch that removes it. > > Ingo
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