linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 1/1] x86 efi: Fill all reserved memmap entries if add_efi

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Message-ID: <4BEC8161.6050206@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 May 2010 15:46:57 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
CC:	Yinghai <yinghai.lu@...cle.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch 1/1] x86 efi: Fill all reserved memmap entries if add_efi_memmap
 specified.

On 05/13/2010 02:55 PM, Mike Travis wrote:
> 
> I saw that too, and wondered why e820_saved did not
> have the extra entries.   The comment indicates it
> should.
> 
> I'm on the system tonight and will investigate this
> further.
> 

e820_saved lacks the extra entries because they aren't being passed in
from the bootloader, as they should, and instead you're using
add_efi_memmap which is, as far as the kernel is concerned, a post-boot
modification.

That being said, add_efi_memmap does come from the firmware, and as such
it would be legitimate for it to add them to e820_saved.

	-hpa
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