Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:22:35 -0400
From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH part5 0/7] Arrange hotpluggable memory as ZONE_MOVABLE.
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On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 09:44:19PM -0400, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> >This is doubly idiotic because this is all early boot.  Most users
> >don't even have a way to access the debug info if the machine crashes
> >that early.  Developement convenience is something that we consider
> >too but, seriously, users come first.  This is not your personal
> >playground.  Don't frigging crash if you have any other option.
> 
> Again, the best depend on the purpose and the goal. If someone specify
> to enable hotplugging, They are sure they need it. Now, any fallback
> achieve their goal. Their goal is not booting. If they don't have enough
> machine to achieve their goal, we have only one way, tell them that.

Yes, you go and tell them with the blank screen.

-- 
tejun
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