linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: trim mtrr don't close gap for resource allocation.

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Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:44:02 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	yhlu.kernel@...il.com
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, steve@...efin.net,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: trim mtrr don't close gap for resource allocation.


* Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel.send@...il.com> wrote:

> [PATCH] x86: trim mtrr don't close gap for resource allocation.
> 
> for
> 	http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10232
> 
> use update_memory_range instead of add_memory_range directly to avoid 
> closing that gap.

thanks Yinghai, applied, and queued up for 2.6.25.

	Ingo
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