Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 May 2011 21:33:08 +0100 | From | Matthew Garrett <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] efi: Retain boot service code until after switching to virtual mode |
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On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 01:26:27PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> how many entries are listed in memmap?
So far I've been seeing about 20 boot services entries at most.
> Did you test this system that have lots of those entries ? like > 128?
Do any exist?
> because efi_init() is called before memblock_x86_fill(), that means > memblock array for reserved can not be doubled yet. --- no usable > entries in memblock array for ram.
Mm. I guess this can be shifted later.
> > + * get rid of it all at this point > > + */ > > + free_efi_boot_services(); > > + > > No, at that point memblock is not used any more. after mm_init()/mem_init() > > need to use free_bootmem_late() in free_efi_boot_services
Ah, ok.
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