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 01:24:23 -0500
From:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
To:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	hpa@...or.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

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?

>  So a type field is used to distinguish various setup_data.

What various types of 'setup_data' will be distinguished?

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