linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/2] Add BSS to resource tree

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Date:	Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:32:06 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org, ak@...e.de
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] Add BSS to resource tree

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:50:43 +0200
Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de> wrote:

> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c
> @@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ struct resource code_resource = {
>  	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
>  };
>  
> +struct resource bss_resource = {
> +	.name	= "Kernel bss",
> +	.start	= 0,
> +	.end	= 0,
> +	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
> +};
> +
>  static struct resource system_rom_resource = {
>  	.name	= "System ROM",
>  	.start	= 0xf0000,
> @@ -287,6 +294,7 @@ legacy_init_iomem_resources(struct resou
>  			 */
>  			request_resource(res, code_resource);
>  			request_resource(res, data_resource);
> +			request_resource(res, &bss_resource);

Looks ungainly, doesn't it?  Perhaps we should add a third arg to
legacy_init_iomem_resources(), or change legacy_init_iomem_resources() to
take zero args?  
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