Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:09:57 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] add helper for highmem checks |
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On 02/11/2013 09:32 AM, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 02/09/2013 02:47 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 10:41:21AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: >> With this change, they definitely fix something because I even get X on >> the box started. Previously, it would spit out the warning and wouldn't >> start X with the login window. And my suspicion is that wdm (WINGs >> display manager) I'm using, does /dev/mem accesses when it starts and it >> obviously failed. Now not so much :-) > > That's crazy. Didn't expect that at all. > > I guess X is happier getting an error than getting random pages back. > I'm working on a set of patches now that should get it _working_ instead > of just returning an error. >
Awesome :)
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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