linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/sev: Apply RMP table fixups for kexec.

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Date: Tue,  2 Apr 2024 16:45:47 +0200
From: bp@...nel.org
To: ashish.kalra@....com,
	Ashish Kalra <Ashish.Kalra@....com>
Cc: bp@...en8.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org,
	michael.roth@....com,
	thomas.lendacky@....com,
	x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/sev: Apply RMP table fixups for kexec.

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 06:47:57PM +0000, Ashish Kalra wrote:
> From: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@....com>
> 
> RMP table start and end physical range may not be aligned to 2MB in
> the e820 tables

This already sounds fishy. Why may the range not be aligned? This is
BIOS, right? And BIOS can be fixed to align them properly.

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