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Re: [PATCHv6, RESEND 4/4] x86/boot/compressed/64: Handle 5-level p ...

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Linus Torvalds writes: On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 9:09 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> wrote:

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code becomes unreachable to the CPU.
I do wonder if we need this. Why would a bootloader ever put the data above 4G? Does this really happen? Wouldn't it be easier to just say "bootloaders better put the kernel in the low 4G"? "bootloaders better put the kernel in the low 4G"? Linus
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