linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7u1 24/31] x86, boot: Not need to check setup_header version for setup

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Message-ID: <50F451A5.7040909@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:42:45 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de>,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7u1 24/31] x86, boot: Not need to check setup_header
 version for setup_data

On 01/14/2013 10:04 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 
> See, this is exactly the reason why I'm trying to explain to Yinghai
> why it is a Good Thing to document stuff like that at least in commit
> messages.
> 

It very much is.  It avoids these kinds of long discussions.

	-hpa


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