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

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Message-ID: <4F90A141.5060601@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:35:29 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.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 04/19/2012 04:26 PM, Tony Luck wrote:
> 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.
> 

... assuming you have a well-defined "the system".  It isn't always you
will boot on the same hardware every time.

	-hpa

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