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    SubjectRe: [Fastboot] [CFT] ELF Relocatable x86 and x86_64 bzImages
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    Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> writes:

    >> This looks like a different one but looks fairly sane.
    >>
    >> Do you know what code had problems having _PAGE_NX set.
    >> What are we doing with early_ioremap the requires execute
    >> permissions. It doesn't sound right that we would need
    >> this.
    >
    > This fix is only needed for a subset of our em64t boxes, so it could be
    > just a chipset problem. Supposedly, if I remember the conversation
    > correctly, when the kernel first boots it reserves about 40MB and about 20
    > pmds automatically. After decompression, early_io_remap tries to setup
    > all the memory. The conflict arose when early_io_remap tried to reuse one
    > of those pmds. This caused the system to crash and reboot.
    >
    > I'll try to get more info Monday on the specifics.

    Thanks.


    Eric
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