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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 23/25] [PATCH] paravirt hooks for arch initialization
    On 8/9/07, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
    > > What's the EBDA actually used for? The only place which seems to use
    > > ebda_addr is in the e820 code to avoid that area as RAM.
    >
    > It belongs to the firmware.

    Wouldn't it be better, then, to just skip this step unconditionally if
    we are running a paravirtualized guest? What do we from doing it?

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