linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 03/27] x86, boot: move verify_cpu.S and no

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Message-ID: <CAE9FiQXOV-GZk6HR17KcDsiPM89=eNHdYRSP2A6n5R_AKnhaLQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:58:57 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 03/27] x86, boot: move verify_cpu.S and no_longmode
 after 0x200

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 07:44:55PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>
> So this explains what you're doing but I'd like to know why?
>
> Why do you need to free some more room between startup_32 and
> startup_64? Do you need this room in another patch, maybe the next one:
>
> "[PATCH v7 14/27] x86, boot: Move lldt/ltr out of 64bit code section"
>
> Is that so? If yes, please write that in the commit message so that we
> know why you're doing that change.

duplicate next patch commit log here. no, that's too long.
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