linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, boot: Optimize the elf header handling.

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Message-ID: <87sjdbsb0v.fsf@xmission.com>
Date:	Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:26:24 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	hacklu <embedway.linux@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, boot: Optimize the elf header handling.

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> writes:

> On 07/01/2012 09:08 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>>
>> Fair enough.  But ugh.
>>
>> Can you point me at your config?
>> Can you tell me your linker version?
>>
>
> I sent the config already; here it is again.

Apologies I was blind.

> GNU ld version 2.22.52.0.1-10.fc17 20120131
>
> (This is a stock Fedora 17 system.)
>
> I can upload the vmlinux and a bootable .iso as well.

Fair enough.  It looks like somehow SMP got unset in my test
configuration and enabling SMP certainly kills the boot for
me.  So it looks like I can reproduce this.

So I am guess I just missed something.  Ugh.

Digging deeper...

Eric

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