linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/28] i386: map enough initial memory to create lowmem mappings

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Message-ID: <4627D756.5020405@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:55:50 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
CC:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/28] i386: map enough initial memory to create lowmem
 mappings

Andi Kleen wrote:
>> Is some version of this going in for 2.6.21, or is it not a real problem?
> 
> When it's only seen with Xen it's not a real problem right now.

It's not just seen only with Xen, though.  It will affect all kernels in 
a particular range of sizes, and we have ordinary kernels covering that 
range (in fact, Xen hardly affects size in that way.)

	-hpa
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