Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: New new enhanced memory detection patch; testers wanted | Date | Sat, 20 Feb 1999 20:23:57 +0000 (GMT) |
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> This points at the necessity to precisely define the memory use > at boot time, and to set aside a fragment of memory substantially > larger than what we have now.
Its not like you cant reclaim the page as if it were __init afterwards. One sensible thing the m68k people did with their ever growing subtly changing boot info records is to switch to a tagged list for stuff the booter passes
Now all the parsing code can be __init so its not a size issue, and its fairly easy to parse
[tag][size][data]
sequences as well as buring the compatibility issues and boot loader compatibility problems we have to worry about now for a lot of stuff
Alan
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