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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/5] Create a hole in high linear address space
* Zachary Amsden (zach@vmware.com) wrote:
> Hmm. I was thinking it would be compile time variable with defaults -- like
>
> config MEMORY_HOLE
> int "Create hole at top of memory (0-512 MB)"
> range 0 512
> default "0"
> default 168 if (CONFIG_X86_PAE && CONFIG_X86_HYPERVISOR)
> default 64 if (!CONFIG_X86_PAE && CONFIG_X86_HYPERVISOR)

That's fine, I had done some braindead math anyway ;-)

> help
> Useful for creating a hole in the top of memory when running
> inside of a virtual machine monitor.
>
> Adding things to the fixmap is a separate concept, thus a separate patch ;)

Sure, good point.

thanks,
-chris
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