linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] be more verbose when probing EDD

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20071222024145.GA6062@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:41:45 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, devzero@....de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matt.Domsch@...l.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] be more verbose when probing EDD

On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 06:22:41PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >Ok, that's a different argument than before. Ok. Although it's
> >only a few bytes. 
> >
> >I would lobby for any message at least contain the suggestion to try
> >edd=off. That could save users a lot of time.
> 
> The important thing is that there is a message before and after.  The 
> rest can be dealt with by Google on in documentation.  That's what the 

That means every user needs to waste at least 5 minutes to google/read
docs and be annoyed by someone's ads. Collective waste.

Just adding "Try edd=off if this hangs"  is ~23 bytes  and adding
that should be hardly a problem even in your 32k. Or perhaps if you're more
worried about code size than grammer "edd=off when hang" @)

-Andi


--
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/