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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:15:27 +0100 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> To: kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> Subject: aperture_64.c: clarify that too small aperture is valid reason for this code Clarify that too small aperture is valid reason for this code. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c index 9a32b37..026fcfb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ /* * Firmware replacement code. * - * Work around broken BIOSes that don't set an aperture or only set the - * aperture in the AGP bridge. + * Work around broken BIOSes that don't set an aperture, only set the + * aperture in the AGP bridge, or set too small aperture. + * * If all fails map the aperture over some low memory. This is cheaper than * doing bounce buffering. The memory is lost. This is done at early boot * because only the bootmem allocator can allocate 32+MB. -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- 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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