Re: Does Linux have plan to support memory hole remapping?

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Apr 09 2008 - 22:09:49 EST


Kasper Sandberg wrote:
A somewhat related question is.. How come linux does not(as i understand
it) support talking to the chipsets to do these things? wouldnt this
also give other benefits, such as being able to more precisely control
interrupts and stuff?

Sure. Plus, it's virtually guaranteed to crash or corrupt your system if you try to do anything which requires ACPI or SMM.

-hpa
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