linux-kernel - Re: [patch 7/8] Add a bootparameter to reserve high linear address space.

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Message-ID: <44D5213E.3000900@vmware.com>
Date:	Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:52:46 -0700
From:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	jeremy@...source.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	jeremy@...p.org, chrisw@...s-sol.org
Subject: Re: [patch 7/8] Add a bootparameter to reserve high linear address
 space.

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:58:32 -0700
> Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Add a bootparameter to reserve high linear address space for hypervisors.
>> This is necessary to allow dynamically loaded hypervisor modules, which
>> might not happen until userspace is already running, and also provides a
>> useful tool to benchmark the performance impact of reduced lowmem address
>> space.
>>     
>
> Andi has gone and rotorooted the x86 boot parameter handling in there. 
> This patch now looks like this:
>   

The rototilled patch looks great.  Acked.

Zach
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