On Mit, 2012-01-04 at 00:52 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:25:46 +0100 Michel Dänzer michel@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 Dänzer michel@daenzer.net wrote:
From: Michel Dänzer michel.daenzer@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.