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From: Pantelis Antoniou <panto@antoniou-consulting.com>
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Hi Sebastian,

On Nov 6, 2013, at 10:41 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:

> On 06.11.13, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>>> It has been discussed.
>>> 
>>> We are doing it because
> 
> Please don't get me wrong. I am not against this, I am just curious why
> this needs to be done at runtime and bootloader time is not an option.
> 

No harm done.

I guess it all comes down to being done at runtime being the better option.

> Sebastian

Regards

-- Pantelis