Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86, apic: Make "broken BIOS!!" messages unique

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Feb 04 2011 - 17:00:29 EST



* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 02/04/2011 09:48 AM, John Villalovos wrote:
> > x86, apic: Make "broken BIOS!!" messages unique
> >
> > There are five identical "broken BIOS!!" messages. This patch makes each
> > message unique so that it is easier to determine which message was actually
> > printed.
> >
> > The 'inconceivable' messages are because it should not be possible to reach
> > those code paths.
>
> How about labelling these "MPBIOS" or so, too?

Yeah.

Also, the messages do not need to shout i suspect - the '!!' can be removed as well.

Thanks,

Ingo
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