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SubjectRe: [Patch 1/1] x86 efi: Fill all reserved memmap entries if add_efi_memmap specified.


H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 05/13/2010 02:55 PM, Mike Travis wrote:
>> I saw that too, and wondered why e820_saved did not
>> have the extra entries. The comment indicates it
>> should.
>>
>> I'm on the system tonight and will investigate this
>> further.
>>
>
> e820_saved lacks the extra entries because they aren't being passed in
> from the bootloader, as they should, and instead you're using
> add_efi_memmap which is, as far as the kernel is concerned, a post-boot
> modification.
>
> That being said, add_efi_memmap does come from the firmware, and as such
> it would be legitimate for it to add them to e820_saved.
>
> -hpa

Did this last patch meet expectations?

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127474230623061&w=4

Thanks,
Mike


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