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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ibmphp : read the length of ebda and map entire ebda region
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 05:12:25PM +0530, Chandru wrote:
> ibmphp driver currently maps only 1KB of ebda memory area into kernel address
> space during driver initialization. This causes kernel oops when the driver is
> modprobe'd and it accesses memory area beyond 1KB within ebda segment. The first
> byte of ebda segment actually stores the length of the ebda region in
> Kilobytes. Hence make use of the length parameter and map the entire ebda
> region.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Chandru Siddalingappa <chandru@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>
> drivers/pci/hotplug/ibmphp_ebda.c | 11 +++++++++--

Please use the scripts/get_maintainer.pl script to get the proper person
and mailing list to send this patch to (hint, it's not me.)

thanks,

greg k-h


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