Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:30:41 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: efi/e820 table merge fix |
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Cliff Wickman wrote: > > Paul Jackson retired from SGI a while back. I haven't seen him > participating in the LKML. But he must have been trying to assure > that, as Peter says, memory that isn't WB doesn't get into the usable > pool. >
Actually, it's not certain; he might just (incorrectly) have thought it was easier than looking at the memory type. Either way, though, keeping the check in is the conservative thing to do.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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