Re: [PATCH] x86_64: be less annoying on boot

[Ingo Molnar]

* Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar (mingo@xxxxxxx) said: 
> > > (Alternatively, just remove them, of course...)
> > 
> > LOL :) Applied the commit below to tip/x86/debug, thanks Bill!
> 
> Does the 'kernel alive' right before it serve any purpose either?

that has some marginal use: it shows that we are past the really basic 
system setup code, we decompressed the kernel and entered protected mode 
with boot paging enabled.

we had bugs in the past where we'd hang/crash after GRUB starts us and 
before we reach this printk.

OTOH ... forcing it upon all users is strong. Feel free to send another 
patch that removes it.

	Ingo
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