Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:44:15 +0200 | | From | "Ahmed S. Darwish" <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2][concept RFC] x86: BIOS-save kernel log to disk upon panic |
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On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 09:33:18AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 01/25/2011 07:08 AM, Tejun Heo wrote: > > >> All in one, a very intriguing idea IMO, and the hardest bits > >> (lowlevel x86 transition) is all implemented already. > > Lowlevel x86 transition is not at all the hardest part. It's > detail-oriented but well defined (and, I might add, incompletely > implemented -- 64 bits only, not using facilities we already have); >
Making the transition code applicable to 32-bit CPUs will hopefully be quite simple: it's mostly a subset of the posted parts.
Since I might use that transition code for a different purpose now, any facilities not properly used beside the identity mappings?
thanks,
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