linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm 2/4] x86_64 boot: Add linked list of struct setup

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Date:	Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:06:12 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
CC:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>, andi@...stfloor.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 2/4] x86_64 boot: Add linked list of struct setup_data

Paul Jackson wrote:
> Huang wrote:
>> The setup_data will not only be used for E820 extension.
> 
> I'm still unsure of your meaning.
> 
> Are you saying that 'setup_data' is not used in your current patch set?
> 
> Are you also saying that 'setup_data' will be used in the future?
> 

They will be used for other things in the future.  EDD extension is one 
we already know about -- the current EDD code doesn't carry as much 
information as we want.

	-hpa
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