Re: [PATCH] x86_64: be less annoying on boot

Ingo Molnar
2008-09-27T18:51:43Z

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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

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> * Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> wrote:
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> > 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