linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] cleanup e820_setup

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Message-ID: <20080625160817.GC24967@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:08:17 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>
Cc:	lenb@...nel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] cleanup e820_setup_gap v2


* Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com> wrote:

> This is a preparatory patch for the next patch in series.
> Moves some code from e820_setup_gap to a new function e820_search_gap.
> This patch is a part of a bug fix where we walk the ACPI table to calculate
> a gap for PCI optional devices.
> 
> v1->v2: Patch on top of tip/master.
> 	Fixes a bug introduced in the last patch about the typeof "last".
> 	Also the new function e820_search_gap now returns if we found a gap in
> 	e820_map.

applied to tip/x86/setup-memory - thanks Alok.

should i put the other patch, "acpi based pci gap caluculation v2" into 
tip/out-of-tree for more testing of this new e820 facility?

	Ingo
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