Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 May 2010 15:34:40 -0700 | From | Mike Travis <> | Subject | Re: [Patch 1/1] x86 efi: Fill all reserved memmap entries if add_efi_memmap specified. |
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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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