linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/8] x86 boot: allow overlapping ebda and efi memmap memory ranges

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Message-ID: <86802c440806160034r343f9570ma0141df8af9360d7@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:34:23 -0700
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"Paul Jackson" <pj@....com>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, steiner@....com, travis@....com,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ying.huang@...el.com,
	andi@...stfloor.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] x86 boot: allow overlapping ebda and efi memmap memory ranges

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Paul Jackson <pj@....com> wrote:
> Yinghai wrote:
>> how about patial overlapping?
>
> I do not understand what you ask.
>
> I suppose your question is a minor typo of:
>
>> how about partial overlapping?
>
> ... however I don't understand that either - sorry.

EFI memmap and ebda is partial overlapping?

you may expand range_in_ebda_area(), and let it handle overlapping...

YH
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