Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752703AbXIHHFa (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Sep 2007 03:05:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751201AbXIHHFR (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Sep 2007 03:05:17 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:33502 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751378AbXIHHFP (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Sep 2007 03:05:15 -0400 Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 09:05:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: "Keshavamurthy, Anil S" cc: akpm@osdl.org, Linux Kernel , suresh.b.siddha@intel.com Subject: Re: [patch] Fix BIOS-e820 end address In-Reply-To: <20070908205044.GA16419@askeshav-devel.jf.intel.com> Message-ID: References: <20070908205044.GA16419@askeshav-devel.jf.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 809 Lines: 25 On Sep 8 2007 13:50, Keshavamurthy, Anil S wrote: >--snip of boot message-- >BIOS-provided physical RAM map: > BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000a0000 (usable) > BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000007fe8cc00 (usable) >----end snip--- > >As you see from above the address 0000000000100000 is both >shown as reserved and usable which is confusing. > >This patch fixes the BIOS-e820 end address. If a segment should have size 0 (even possible?), your patch makes it even more confusing. Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/