> It is legal to access per-cpu data as early as you like, > it just evaluates to the static copy in the per-cpu section > of the kernel image until the per-cpu areas are setup.
On ia64 per-cpu variables are mapped into the top 64K of the address space. Accessing them before the resources to handle the access to that virtual address have been set up would cause problems. -Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
