linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1 V2] x86, apic: Make "broken BIOS!!" messages unique

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Message-ID: <4D506525.8020605@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:33:25 -0500
From:	John Villalovos <jvillalo@...hat.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	John Villalovos <john.l.villalovos@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, prarit@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 V2] x86, apic: Make "broken BIOS!!" messages unique

On 02/07/2011 04:25 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 02/07/2011 05:58 AM, John Villalovos wrote:
>> The 'inconceivable' messages are because it should not be possible to reach
>> those code paths.
>>
> More standard terminology would be "invalid" or "impossible".
> "Inconceivable" sounds like a combination of legal values which just
> don't make sense.
To be honest I used it in homage to The Princess Bride movie.  And 
frankly it is 'inconcievable' that code will ever be called :)

John
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