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Message-ID: <47EBCD2A.8010301@zytor.com> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:36:58 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> CC: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>, andi@...stfloor.org, mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, Paul Jackson <pj@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 0/4] x86_64 boot: Add linked listof struct setup_data to boot protocol Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Huang, Ying <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote: > >>> could you try to do that nevertheless? We generally prefer feature >>> patches after sensible unification has been done. >> I try to port reserve_early() to i386 before. But it is said that the >> reserve_early() should be replaced by e820 based early >> reservation/allocation mechanism on i386 and x86_64. So I think I >> should wait for it. > > correct, e820 space manipulations is how it should be done. Peter, any > progress on that project? > It's not all that complex of a piece of code, but the testing is painful (fortunately, I have some code which has been at least partially validated already.) I have been working on a nonkernel project this week (http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2008-March/009723.html), but I'm hoping to look at it next week. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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