linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: EFI_PAGE

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Message-ID: <20080225074059.GI11327@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:40:59 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: EFI_PAGE_SHIFT fix


* Huang, Ying <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote:

> Make x86 EFI code works when EFI_PAGE_SHIFT != PAGE_SHIFT. The 
> memrage_efi_to_native() provided in this patch can be used on other 
> EFI platform such as IA64 too.
> 
> This patch has been tested on Intel x86_64 platform with EFI 64/32 
> firmware.

this is mostly cosmetic, isnt it - because currently nobody expects 
EFI_PAGE_SHIFT and PAGE_SHIFT to ever change on x86, right? I've queued 
up your patch for 2.6.26, ok?

	Ingo
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