linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 06/11] x86/xen: Add i386 kexec/kdump implementation

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Date:	Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:37:55 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>
CC:	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	konrad.wilk@...cle.com, tglx@...utronix.de, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	maxim.uvarov@...cle.com, andrew.cooper3@...rix.com,
	jbeulich@...e.com, mingo@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, vgoyal@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/11] x86/xen: Add i386 kexec/kdump implementation

On 12/27/2012 03:23 PM, Daniel Kiper wrote:
>> On 12/26/2012 06:18 PM, Daniel Kiper wrote:
>>> Add i386 kexec/kdump implementation.
>>>
>>> v2 - suggestions/fixes:
>>>      - allocate transition page table pages below 4 GiB
>>>        (suggested by Jan Beulich).
>>
>> Why?
>
> Sadly all addresses are passed via unsigned long
> variable to kexec hypercall.
>

So can you unf*ck your broken interface before imposing it on anyone else?

	-hpa

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

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