Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:01:06 -0700 | From | "Ray Lee" <> | Subject | Re: Intel's response Linux/MTRR/8GB Memory Support / Why doesn't the kernel realize the BIOS has problems and re-map appropriately? |
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On 6/4/07, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Ray Lee wrote: > > Ick. Systems that used to boot fine would then panic on a kernel > > upgrade. That's rather rude for a condition that's merely an > > optimization (using all memory), rather than one of correctness. A > > panic seems entirely inappropriate. > > While I am unsure of the 'best' solution, if they boot and it does not > panic but takes 10 minutes to boot, people are going to seriously wonder > what is going on?
<goes and re-reads thread more carefully> Oh, hmm.
I think a big fat warning with asterisks in the bootup is a good thing, but panicking when there's no need is never a good idea. If the system takes that long to boot up, I'm certain the first thing they'll do is to type dmesg | less to look for anomalies.
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