Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64/efi: Don't pad between EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME regions | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Date | Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:56:07 -0700 |
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On 09/29/2015 07:36 AM, Matt Fleming wrote: > > That's a pretty good summary for x86. I think specifically the reason > we map the EFI memmap entries "backwards" (entry N has higher VA than > entry N+1) is because the code was easier to write that way, but > you'll know better than me ;-) >
There were two reasons:
1. The code was easier to write. 2. Windows did it that way.
Windows apparently broke and was changed due to this feature, too.
-hpa
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