linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: suggest running a 64bit kernel on LM capable machines with plenty memory.

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Message-ID: <20090311114745.GG2282@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:47:45 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: suggest running a 64bit kernel on LM capable
	machines with plenty memory.


* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> Something like the below?

> +#define MSG_LM_TRIMMED \
> +	"Warning: instead of using a 32bit %s kernel, Use a 64bit kernel!\n"

Sounds good, but please change the message to something like:

  INFO: running a 32-bit %s kernel on a 64-bit capable CPU!

To not overwhelm Arjan's kerneloops.org site with a hundred 
thousand bogus warnings ;-)

	Ingo
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