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SubjectRe: [PATCH]Fix broken VMI in 2.6.27-rc..
Zachary Amsden wrote:
> Or we could remove the dependency on max_low_pfn and just create a
> liberal linear to physical mapping for lomem which spans all possible
> low memory; then it doesn't matter so much where it is called.
>

Yes. You could just call reserve_top_address() at a suitably early
point to reserve the space. Its a pvops API call which has been there
since patch one or two of pvops.

It does exactly what the rest of this thread discusses, rendering it moot.

J


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