linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] reserve end-of-conventional-memory to 1MB on 32-bit v2

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Date:	Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:18:48 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>
CC:	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...lshack.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>,
	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...tmail.fm>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] reserve end-of-conventional-memory to 1MB on 32-bit v2

Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> This is a bit magic, is it worth splitting it out as something like
> is_paravirt_environment() ?
>   

Yes, is_paravirt() already exists for this purpose.

The code looking at the boot params will only work if we actually booted 
via the paravirt Linux boot protocol, which Xen doesn't at present.

    J
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