Re: [PATCH] x86: introduce /dev/mem restrictions with a config option

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Thu Jan 31 2008 - 17:10:28 EST


Jesse Barnes wrote:
This is more for compatibility with legacy X
Legacy X, and non-BAR X memory (originally ISA, of course; now
probably more often "stolen system memory").

For legacy memory, we actually have /sys/bus/pci/<busno>/legacy_mem (though ia64 may be the only supported platform). It's actually required on some arches due to the way this space is allocated across the system.

Well, it's certainly not under /sys/bus/pci on x86 systems...

-hpa
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