linux-kernel - Re: Bisected regression

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Message-ID: <4B217B1B.1090009@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:50:03 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
CC:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: Bisected regression

On 12/10/2009 02:47 PM, Roland Dreier wrote:
> 
>  > Is this an EFI BIOS?  Otherwise, the first 64K would be clobbered anyway
>  > by the boot loader, so it is invalid anyway...  If it is EFI, it is
>  > theoretically possible.
> 
> Yes, EFI BIOS on an pre-release NHM EX box.
> 

OK, for EFI (with no legacy BIOS support) then it is legal -- still a
bad choice.

	-hpa

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