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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:51:21 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
       "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: be less annoying on boot
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> 
> * Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > Ingo Molnar (mingo@elte.hu) said: 
> > > > (Alternatively, just remove them, of course...)
> > > 
> > > LOL :) Applied the commit below to tip/x86/debug, thanks Bill!
> > 
> > Does the 'kernel alive' right before it serve any purpose either?
> 
> that has some marginal use: it shows that we are past the really basic 
> system setup code, we decompressed the kernel and entered protected mode 
> with boot paging enabled.
> 
> we had bugs in the past where we'd hang/crash after GRUB starts us and 
> before we reach this printk.
> 
> OTOH ... forcing it upon all users is strong. Feel free to send another 
> patch that removes it.
> 
> 	Ingo