linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: make e820_saved have update from setup

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Message-ID: <486D577B.5040705@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:49:31 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
CC:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ying Huang <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: make e820_saved have update from setup_data

Bernhard Walle wrote:
> * Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com> [2008-07-03 11:37]:
>> +	/* update the e820_saved too */
>> +	e820_reserve_setup_data();
> 
> Why do you want to update the e820_saved here? /sys/firmware/memmap
> should provide the real BIOS-provided memory map, IMO ...

I would concur with that.

	-hpa
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