Re: [patch 00/17] init, treewide, x86: Cleanup check_bugs() and start sanitizing the x86 boot process

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Tue Jun 27 2023 - 23:39:19 EST


On Wednesday 2023-06-14 01:39, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

>Hi!
>
>My team and myself are working on sanitizing the x86 boot process,
>especially the complete horror show of CPUID evaluation, which is
>constructed with hay-wire circuits, duct tape and superglue.

What's with Intel and its glue analogies? Not to mention it stuck very
well, if I may say so myself (not to mention the glue in the co
struction of the 12th Intel series).