linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64: update e820 instead of updating end

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Message-ID: <20080120092027.GB8379@elte.hu>
Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:20:27 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@....COM>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: update e820 instead of updating end_pfn


* Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@....COM> wrote:

> [PATCH] x86_64: update e820 instead of updating end_pfn
> 
> when mtrr is not covering all e820 table, need to trim the ram, need 
> to update e820

ok, i like this approach even more - applied. Would you like to have a 
shot at adding mtrr_trim_uncached_memory() to 32-bit too? It is affected 
by the same problem (if not more).

	Ingo
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