Re: [PATCH] x86_64: update e820 instead of updating end_pfn

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Sun Jan 20 2008 - 19:00:57 EST


On Jan 20, 2008 1:20 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> * Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > [PATCH] x86_64: update e820 instead of updating end_pfn
> >
> > when mtrr is not covering all e820 table, need to trim the ram, need
> > to update e820
>
> ok, i like this approach even more - applied. Would you like to have a
> shot at adding mtrr_trim_uncached_memory() to 32-bit too? It is affected
> by the same problem (if not more).

for 32 bit, it could use the same mtrr_trim_uncached_memory.

but we need to move mtrr_bp_init calling into setup_arch.

YH

YH
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