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Date:	Wed, 02 May 2007 15:43:34 -0700
From:	chandramouli narayanan <mouli@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.21 2/3] x86_64: EFI64 support

Andi Kleen wrote:
>>  		if (type && ei->type != type) 
>> @@ -148,6 +178,29 @@ int __init e820_all_mapped(unsigned long
>>  unsigned long __init find_e820_area(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, unsigned size) 
>>  { 
>>  	int i; 
>> +	if (efi_enabled) {
>> +		efi_memory_desc_t *md;
>>     
>
> Please convert the memory map from EFI into the e820 map in one place. This
> would avoid all these weird special cases. Also custom memory map would
> just work then.
>   
I will work on this and provide an update patch.
> I know i386 doesn't do it this way, but it's wrong and we'll eventually
> fix it there too.
>
> Also you have a few arbitary and white space changes in there that should be removed.
>
>   
oops! I will fix this too.
> -Andi
>   
- mouli
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