linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2] ibft, x86: Change reserve_ibft_region() to find_ibft

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Date:	Thu, 1 Apr 2010 15:03:26 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nel.org>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2] ibft, x86: Change reserve_ibft_region() to 
 find_ibft_region()

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 15:00:05 -0700 Yinghai Lu wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:32:43 -0700 Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> So arch code could decide the way to reserve the ibft.
> >>
> >> And We should reserve ibft as early as possible, instead of BOOTMEM stage,
> >> in case the table is in RAM range and is not reserved by BIOS.
> >>
> >> move that just sfter find_smp_config()
> >>
> >> Also when CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM=y, We will not have reserve_bootmem() anymorea
> >>
> >> -v2: fix typo about ibft pointed by Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nok.org>
> >
> >
> >> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
> >> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
> >> Cc: Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
> >> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nel.org>
> >> CC: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
> >>
> >> ---
> >>  arch/x86/kernel/setup.c            |   14 ++++++++++++--
> >>  drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft_find.c |   11 ++++++++---
> >>  include/linux/iscsi_ibft.h         |    8 ++++++--
> >>  3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> >> ===================================================================
> >> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> >> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> >> @@ -608,6 +608,16 @@ static int __init setup_elfcorehdr(char
> >>  early_param("elfcorehdr", setup_elfcorehdr);
> >>  #endif
> >>
> >> +static __init void reserve_ibft_region(void)
> >> +{
> >> +     unsigned long addr, size = 0;
> >> +
> >> +     addr = find_ibft_region(&size);
> >> +
> >> +     if (size)
> >> +             reserve_early_overlap_ok(addr, addr + size, "ibft");
> >
> >        where is the correction?
> 
> -v1 has
> 
>  +     if (size)
>  +             reserve_early_overlap_ok(addr, addr + size, "ifbt");

Thanks.  My eyes are blurry.  ;)

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~Randy
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