linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Ajust lockdep static allocations for sparc

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Message-ID: <20161129135017.GL3092@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:50:17 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Babu Moger <babu.moger@...cle.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        sparclinux <sparclinux@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Ajust lockdep static allocations for sparc

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 02:39:20PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> > Not understanding, why would a user ever need it? The platform knows if
> > its has funny boot image size limits, no?
> 
> The boot loader does not come with the kernel, so the platform cannot
> know for sure.

Why would anybody use a bootloader that imposes weird restrictions on
their platform? That is, isn't that simply a broken bootloader?