Re: [PATCHv2 0/4] x86: 5-level related changes into decompression code

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On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 11:01:35AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> We can hang the machine, or we can triple-fault it in the hope of
> triggering a reset, and that way if the bootloader has been configured
> with a backup kernel there is a hope of recovery.

Well, it triple-faults right now and that's not really user-friendly. If
we can't dump a message than we should make X86_5LEVEL depend on BROKEN
for the time being...

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