On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 10:26:01AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> NAK on this bit: >> >> + if (boot_params.hdr.version < 0x0209) >> + return 0; >> >> This field is kernel->bootloader documentation. If a nonmaching >> value somehow leaks into the kernel, the kernel could either >> panic("Bootloader written by moron") or it should clear some fields, >> but littering the kernel with these kinds of tests is just plain >> braindead. > > Dropping that should be fine. Bjorn, would you prefer a patch from me to > do that? the one : use pointer for setup_pci instead.
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