On Mit, 2012-01-04 at 00:52 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:25:46 +0100 > Michel D?nzer <michel at daenzer.net> wrote: > > On Die, 2012-01-03 at 18:09 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 19:04:00 +0100 > > > Michel D?nzer <michel at daenzer.net> wrote: > > > > > > > From: Michel D?nzer <michel.daenzer at amd.com> > > > > > > > > It can be called from atomic context, e.g. when switching to console > > > > for panic > > > > output. > > > > > > Is this only special cases like a panic - if so can it not be called in a > > > way that distinguishes between normality and nasty cases. > > > > No idea, to be honest. It's an ATOM BIOS interpreter opcode, so in > > theory it could be indirectly called from anywhere that uses ATOM BIOS. > > So lets stick to practice, and the real world. Screwing up everything > else because of a crappy problem in your Atom BIOS code sucks but hey it > happens. screwing up everything because of a theoretical concern is just > dumb.
Thanks for the flowers, but it's not just a theoretical concern, see the bug report. -- Earthling Michel D?nzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
