linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86_64 boot -v2: Add linked list of struct setup

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Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:52:48 +0800
From:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, andi@...stfloor.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, Paul Jackson <pj@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86_64 boot -v2: Add linked list of struct
	setup_data

On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 01:15 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
[...]
> current reserve_early will have limitation with 20 entries.
> 
> /*
>  * Early reserved memory areas.
>  */
> 
> #define MAX_EARLY_RES 20
> 
> or we need to make reserve_early a little bit smart, so it could merge
> continuous region...
> and then your free_early need to be updated too.

It is planned that the reserve_early code be replaced by e820 based
memory reservation code. So I think we can stay with current
implementation and wait for the new infrastructure.

Best Regards,
Huang Ying

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