linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] reserve_early end-of-conventional-memory to 1MB

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Message-ID: <47C57319.4050605@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:26:33 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...tmail.fm>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...lshack.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] reserve_early end-of-conventional-memory to 1MB

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...tmail.fm> wrote:
> 
>>> Either way, the code should be shared between 32 and 64 bits. There 
>>> is nothing bitsize-specific about it!
>> Of course. That's also why I already added the old-Dell case ;). But 
>> one problem at a time, please!
> 
> i've applied your patch to x86.git#testing. Feel free to send a 
> code-unification patch too :-)

So you've basically wasted a lot of memory with no concrete breakage
known ...Please reconsider.

-Andi
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