linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: move i386 memory setup code to e820

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Message-ID: <20080428184555.GB4491@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:45:55 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...lshack.com>
Cc:	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...tmail.fm>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: move i386 memory setup code to e820_32.c


* Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...lshack.com> wrote:

> The x86_64 code has centralized the memory setup code in e820_64.c. 
> This patch copies that approach to i386:
> 
> - early_param("mem", ...) parsing is moved from
> setup_32.c to e820_32.c.
> 
> - setup_memory_map() and finish_e820_parsing() are
> factored out from setup_arch(), and declarations
> are added to e820_32.h.
> 
> - print_memory_map() is made static and removed from
> e820_32.h.
> 
> - user_defined_memmap is marked as __initdata.

applied, thanks Alexander.

	Ingo
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