linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add efi e820 memory mapping on x86 [try #1]

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Date:	Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:29:11 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Edgar Hucek <hostmaster@...soft.at>
Cc:	torvalds@...l.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add efi e820 memory mapping on x86 [try #1]

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:55:30 +0200
Edgar Hucek <hostmaster@...soft.at> wrote:

> This Patch add an efi e820 memory mapping.
> 

Why?

>  /*
> + * Make a e820 memory map
> + */
> +void __init efi_init_e820_map(void)
> +{
> +    efi_memory_desc_t *md;
> +    unsigned long long start = 0;
> +    unsigned long long end = 0;
> +    unsigned long long size = 0;

I guess these should have type resource_size_t, given that they ultimately
get remembered via request_resource().  But that has a good chance of
breaking something, so let's leave it alone.

> +            add_memory_region(md->phys_addr, md->num_pages <<
> EFI_PAGE_SHIFT, E820_ACPI);

The patch is wordwrapped and will not apply.
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