* Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:

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> > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.24-rc6/2.6.24-rc6-m...
> > >
> > > Without this change a bunch of machines fail to boot even without 
> > > the MCFG change (since their MCFG was E820 reserved and so the old 
> > > validation check passed).
> > 
> > Andi, can you confirm that your box boots fine with that patch 
> > applied?
> 
> Yes it does.

thanks for testing it. (and thanks for finding & reporting the problem) 
I've added that patch to x86.git, right before:

  Subject: x86: validate against ACPI motherboard resources

this should be the only dependency AFAICS.

	Ingo
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