linux-kernel - Re: aperture_64.c: clarify that too small aperture is valid reason for this code

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Date:	Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:31:13 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: aperture_64.c: clarify that too small aperture is valid reason for this code

> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 05:15:27PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > 
> > Clarify that too small aperture is valid reason for this code.
> 
> There are lots more reasons than that, e.g. bad aperture pointing
> somewhere invalid.  I'm not sure it makes sense to list them all.

Small aperture is not "obviously invalid" and it confused me for a
while, but...

									Pavel

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