Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756549AbYCVMES (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:04:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754795AbYCVMEO (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:04:14 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:45610 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754537AbYCVMEO (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:04:14 -0400 Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:04:00 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Yinghai Lu Cc: Andrew Morton , "H. Peter Anvin" , kernel list Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: early memtest to find bad ram Message-ID: <20080322120400.GE13264@elte.hu> References: <200803202358.33722.yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> <20080321120313.GD25225@elte.hu> <86802c440803211704u4fb07074w934f32d2f95bf6a7@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86802c440803211704u4fb07074w934f32d2f95bf6a7@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.1 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.1 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.1 BAYES_05 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 1 to 5% [score: 0.0170] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 624 Lines: 17 * Yinghai Lu wrote: > > one structural observation: please make this unified functionality, > > so that 32-bit kernels can make use of it too. > > that will need to use PAE to switch 2G windows .... well, please try some non-PAE, checks-direct-mappings approach - if someone wants to extend it to the highmem bits i'm sure it will be done. Ingo -- 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/