linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] - Mapping ACPI tables as CACHED

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Message-ID: <4D08602E.1040707@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:29:02 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>
CC:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] - Mapping ACPI tables as CACHED

On 12/14/2010 10:17 PM, Milton Miller wrote:
> 
> after digging back through the thread for the patch, it would seem
> that both __acpi_map_table_permanent and e820_all_mapped would
> need to be moved from init to normal text, as this is replacing
> the non-init path.  I'll let the maintainers decide if that is the
> right solution (vs unconditonally mapping cached, or something else).
> 

Unconditionally map cached; filtering should be done in the PAT layer if
necessary.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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