linux-kernel - Re: Config NO_BOOTMEM breaks my amd64 box

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Date:	Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:51:11 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	airlied@...ux.ie
Subject: Re: Config NO_BOOTMEM breaks my amd64 box

James Morris wrote:
> Also, the help text for the item makes little sense to a non-expert in 
> this area:

I too noticed this absolutely catastrophic "help" text but forgot to
send a bug report.

Either this option can be explained and the text fixed, or it cannot be
explained and shouldn't be an option in the first place.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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