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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 06/20] early_res: seperate common memmap func from e820.c to fw_memmap.c
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    On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 14:05 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
    > * Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> wrote:
    >
    > > And I don't see the point of moving the x86 e820 stuff into the kernel
    > > directory. [...]
    >
    > I dont see the point of that either - that is a mistake. e820 is an x86 bios
    > call and we shouldnt name a generic mechanism after that. e820 is absolutely
    > messy and has no place anywhere beyond x86.
    >
    > The main technical argument i see is 'early_res versus LMB'. Even there i'd
    > prefer LMB from a technical quality POV.

    Then we have no argument. The point is, we object to that fw_memmap/e820
    stuff taking over for non-x86 architectures. We aren't saying that x86
    -must- move to LMB, but if the wish is to have a common implementation
    in generic code accross all archs, -then- we object to it being e820.

    Ben.




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