linux-kernel - Re: [crash, bisected] Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86

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Message-ID: <48691556.2080208@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:18:14 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
CC:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [crash, bisected] Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu
 area

Mike Travis wrote:
> 
> FYI, I did try this out and it caused the bootloader to scramble the
> loaded data.  The first corruption I found was the .x86cpuvendor.init
> section contained all zeroes.
> 

Explain what you mean with "the bootloader" in this context.

	-hpa
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