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Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 13:31:22 -0400
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On Thu, 9 May 2024 00:00:23 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> I tried this approach and it unfortunately picks a different physical
> location every time :-(
> 
> So it is either adding to e820 tables or we create a new way to
> allocate memory at early boot up.
> 

Hmm, now I'm testing it more and it always seems to end up in the same
location. I'm not sure why it failed the first three times I tried it :-/

-- Steve