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SubjectRe: Kernel broken on processors without performance counters
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On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:54:30 -0700, Andy Lutomirski said:

> Could this be done at link time, or perhaps when compressing the
> kernel image, instead of at boot time?

That's only safe to do if the kernel is built for one specific CPU - if it's
a generic kernel that boots on multiple hardware designs, it will be wrong
for some systems.

In other words - safe to do if you're building it for *your* hardware. Totally
unsafe for a distro.
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