Re: [PATCH 6.1 128/215] x86/boot: Robustify calling startup_{32,64}() from the decompressor code

H. Peter Anvin
2024-03-05T15:39:28Z

On March 4, 2024 11:36:53 PM PST, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 02:42:35PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> I would be surprised if this *didn't* break some boot loader. ..
>
>As this has been in the tree since 6.3 with no reported errors that I
>can find, I think we are ok.
>
>thanks,
>
>greg k-h

Well, boot loader breakage in the past has sometimes been reported a year or more later.

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