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

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Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:24:56 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	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 01:58:57PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> 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.

Why is that a problem? Long patch commit logs are OK.
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