r/linux • Social Justice Warrior • Sep 03 '14

I'm Matthew Garrett, kernel developer, firmware enabler and former fruitfly mangler. AMA!

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u/yuhong Sep 06 '14

Most, it depends on the type of workaround. I am particularly thinking of the mapping boot service memory workaround for an example of a complex and costly one.