linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86, extable: Handle early exceptions

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Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:26:35 -0700
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86, extable: Handle early exceptions

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 4:10 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> be better.  That being said, some distros are complaining about the
> amount of time it takes to load modules on boot...

That could be fixed in the installer for the distribution by rebuilding a kernel
with the target set of modules for the system built in.

-Tony
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