Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override

[H. Peter Anvin]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Bodo Eggert <7eggert@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > BTW: The error function in 
> > linux-2.6.23/arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c uses while(1) without 
> > cpu_relax() in order to halt the machine. Is this fixed? Should it be 
> > fixed?
>
> this is early bootup so there's no need to be "nice" to other cores or 
> sockets - none of them are really running.

It probably should actually HLT, to avoid sucking power, and stressing 
the thermal system.  We're dead at this point, and the early 486's which 
had problems with HLT will lock up - we don't care.

	-hpa
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