From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>,
Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>,
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/uapi for 3.8
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:06:55 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+55aFznbC_FHyfGWaD6e6wNE88CiAYaPwjerBh1HfBpfPfNsg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121215210411.GA228@x4>
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Markus Trippelsdorf
<markus@trippelsdorf.de> wrote:
>
> So I wonder if the following simple patch might be enough?
> It fixes the issue for me at least.
Not enough.
It presumably fixes the issue for you by hiding the problem. But if
you were to boot a kernel with EFI support, it would re-surface.
Including in any distro kernel that obviously will include EFI support
in order to handle the generic case.
I've reverted the commit.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-15 21:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-12 22:11 [GIT PULL] x86/uapi for 3.8 H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-12 23:48 ` David Howells
2012-12-14 18:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-14 23:45 ` David Howells
2012-12-15 1:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-15 1:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-15 1:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-15 16:33 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2012-12-15 16:35 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2012-12-16 12:43 ` Matt Fleming
2012-12-16 13:25 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2012-12-16 14:54 ` Matt Fleming
2012-12-16 20:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-16 22:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-16 22:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-16 22:40 ` Matt Fleming
2012-12-16 22:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-16 23:49 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2012-12-15 18:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-15 19:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-15 19:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-15 20:06 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2012-12-15 21:04 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2012-12-15 21:06 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2012-12-15 21:36 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-15 22:05 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-12-15 23:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-15 23:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-16 12:46 ` Matt Fleming
2012-12-15 21:37 ` Dave Jones
2012-12-15 23:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-17 9:04 ` Jan Beulich
2012-12-17 15:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-17 16:00 ` Jan Beulich
2012-12-17 16:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-17 17:03 ` Jan Beulich
2012-12-17 17:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-18 8:02 ` Jan Beulich
2012-12-15 4:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
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