linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] Documentation/x86: Update EFI memory region description

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Message-ID: <20151119112224.GA2577@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Date:	Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:22:24 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Documentation/x86: Update EFI memory region
 description

On Wed, 18 Nov, at 09:18:59AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> Ah yes - but then the text is misleading, what does 'in the virtual range of 64Gb' 
> mean? A virtual memory range is a specific range of addresses - like in the table 
> you extended.
> 
> A better phrasing would be something like:
> 
>  We map EFI runtime services in the 'efi_pgd' PGD in a 64Gb large virtual memory
>  window (this size is arbitrary, it can be raised later if needed).
> 
> Agreed?

Sounds OK to me.
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