Re: [PATCH -mm 2/4] x86_64 boot: Add linked list of struct setup_data

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Sat Mar 29 2008 - 13:06:54 EST


Paul Jackson wrote:
Huang wrote:
The setup_data will not only be used for E820 extension.

I'm still unsure of your meaning.

Are you saying that 'setup_data' is not used in your current patch set?

Are you also saying that 'setup_data' will be used in the future?


They will be used for other things in the future. EDD extension is one we already know about -- the current EDD code doesn't carry as much information as we want.

-hpa
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