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

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

Message-ID: <4BB3291F.2070402@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
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
-=====-==-=- --== =====
http://arcgraph.de/sr/
--
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/