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Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:59:53 +0200 From: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de> To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...nel.org> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Introduce userspace interface for Firmware-provided memory map Hi, * "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...nel.org> [2008-06-20 13:35]: > > Vivek Goyal wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 05:56:57PM +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote: > >> This patch (as request for comments) introduces a new userspace interface > >> /proc/firmware_mem that provides the unfiltered view of the BIOS on > >> memory configuration. That's usable for two reasons: > > > > How about /proc/firmware_memmap. This is little longish but probably more > > clear in intent. > > Perhaps even /proc/firmware/memmap (or /sys/firmware/memmap/...). I > realize introducing a new directory is annoying, but it's a namespace > that is likely to have other users. Since /sys/firmware is already used by ACPI and EDD, I think that's quite a good idea! Maybe we should also export the raw E820 or EFI memory map there. Just like EDD. I'll send a new patch. Bernhard -- Bernhard Walle, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Architecture Development -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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