linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86: Add UV reserved page bios call

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Message-ID: <20081022062338.GE651@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:23:38 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Russ Anderson <rja@....com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86: Add UV reserved page bios call


* Russ Anderson <rja@....com> wrote:

> Add UV bios call to get the address of the reserved page.

> +	UV_BIOS_GET_PARTITION_ADDR

> +	BIOS_STATUS_MORE_PASSES		=  1,

what is the "reserved page"?

And why is it called "PARTITION_ADDR" in the enum?

	Ingo
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