Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:05:09 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Can not boot with CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM=y on i686 |
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On 03/22/2010 06:44 PM, Dave Airlie wrote: > > I had a similar issue today, wasted a morning try to get either -rc1 > or -rc2 to boot on my 32-bit desktop here, > until I worked out that the default for this option is to be on. > > I suggest CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM be default n for now. > > Not sure why it was merged as default y. >
Because it was only a "chicken bit" to allow for debugging in case/when something broke (which it has, indeed, allowed.)
-hpa
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