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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:03:48 -0400 From: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Allow softlockup to be runtime disabled. On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 01:49:45PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 23:13 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > It's useful sometimes to disable the softlockup checker at boottime. > > Especially if it triggers during a distro install. > > Should we not rather fix these occurrences? We do, but we can't easily fix the kernel that ends up on install media. It's easier to tell a user "boot with nosoftlockup, then update your kernel after its installed" than it is to guide them through reconstructing an ISO with an updated kernel. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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