linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] use realmode code to reserve end-of-conventional-memory to 1MB

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Date:	Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:44:50 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>
CC:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...lshack.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...tmail.fm>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] use realmode code to reserve end-of-conventional-memory
 to 1MB

Ian Campbell wrote:
> BTW Jeremy, the kernel doesn't use XENMEM_memory_map -- any reason other
> than it not being useful at the time? These days the tools can push an
> arbitrary e820 down for a guest which might be useful to support,
> although nothing interesting is done with it today.

No, never looked at that stuff in detail.  I'll bear it in mind.

    J
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