Re: [PATCH -mm 0/4] x86_64 boot: Add linked listof structsetup_data to boot protocol

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Mar 27 2008 - 05:10:09 EST



* Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> In the file arch/x86/boot/main.c, see the line:
>
> BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof boot_params != 4096);

oh well, indeed. I was hoping for some simple short-term solution as
well that could go into 2.6.25.

( in case anyone knows about any other stupidly shortsighted limit we
have in arch/x86 that is not being worked on yet, please tell us
_before_ we hit it with real hardware ... )

Ingo
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