Re: [PATCH] x86: fix init_memory_mapping over boundary v4

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Sun Jun 29 2008 - 03:30:42 EST


On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> * Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> some end boundary is only page alignment, instead of 2M alignment,
>> so call ker_phycial_mapping_init three times.
>> then don't overmap above the max_low_pfn
>>
>> v2: make init_memory_mapping more solid: start could be any value other than 0
>> v3: fix NON PAE by handling left over in kernel_physical_mapping
>> v4: revert back to v2, and use PMD_SHIFT to calculate boundary
>> also adjust size for pre-allocated table size
>
> i've got v3 applied to tip/master and it worked well in testing - on the
> old, 512m RAM problem laptop too. So could you send v4 as a delta patch
> instead please, against tip/master?

will. before that delta patch please do test on your 512M system .

YH
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