Re: Can not boot with CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM=y on i686

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 03/22/2010 06:44 PM, Dave Airlie wrote:
> 
> I had a similar issue today, wasted a morning try to get either -rc1
> or -rc2 to boot on my 32-bit desktop here,
> until I worked out that the default for this option is to be on.
> 
> I suggest CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM be default n for now.
> 
> Not sure why it was merged as default y.
> 

Because it was only a "chicken bit" to allow for debugging in case/when
something broke (which it has, indeed, allowed.)

	-hpa

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