linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: make e820_saved have update from setup

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Date:	Thu, 3 Jul 2008 23:01:08 +0200
From:	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Ying Huang <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: make e820_saved have update from setup_data

* Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com> [2008-07-03 11:37]:
>
> +	/* update the e820_saved too */
> +	e820_reserve_setup_data();

Why do you want to update the e820_saved here? /sys/firmware/memmap
should provide the real BIOS-provided memory map, IMO ...



Bernhard
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Bernhard Walle, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Architecture Development
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