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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:30:41 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: efi/e820 table merge fix
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Cliff Wickman wrote:
> 
> Paul Jackson retired from SGI a while back.  I haven't seen him
> participating in the LKML.  But he must have been trying to assure 
> that, as Peter says, memory that isn't WB doesn't get into the usable
> pool.
> 

Actually, it's not certain; he might just (incorrectly) have thought it
was easier than looking at the memory type.  Either way, though, keeping
the check in is the conservative thing to do.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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