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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
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