Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:50:17 +0100 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Ajust lockdep static allocations for sparc |
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 02:39:20PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Not understanding, why would a user ever need it? The platform knows if > > its has funny boot image size limits, no? > > The boot loader does not come with the kernel, so the platform cannot > know for sure.
Why would anybody use a bootloader that imposes weird restrictions on their platform? That is, isn't that simply a broken bootloader?
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