linux-kernel - Re: [sodaville] [PATCH 01/11] x86/kernel: remove conditional early remap in parse_e820

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Message-ID: <20101208083821.GA22579@www.tglx.de>
Date:	Wed, 8 Dec 2010 09:38:21 +0100
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sodaville@...utronix.de,
	x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [sodaville] [PATCH 01/11] x86/kernel: remove conditional early remap in parse_e820_ext

* Sebastian Andrzej Siewior | 2010-11-25 18:39:51 [+0100]:

>parse_setup_data() uses early_memremap() for a PAGE_SIZE mapping in
>order to figure out the type & size. If this mapping is not large enough
>then parse_e820_ext() will remap this area again via early_ioremap()
>since the first mapping is still in use.
>
>This patch attempts to simplify the handling and parse_e820_ext() does
>not need to worry about the mapping anymore.
>
>Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
>CC: x86@...nel.org
>Signed-off-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@...il.com>
>---

Nobody commented this and haven't seen it merged. Is it good to go?

Sebastian
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