Re: [PATCH]Fix broken VMI in 2.6.27-rc..

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

Zachary Amsden wrote:
> Or we could remove the dependency on max_low_pfn and just create a
> liberal linear to physical mapping for lomem which spans all possible
> low memory; then it doesn't matter so much where it is called.
>   

Yes.  You could just call reserve_top_address() at a suitably early 
point to reserve the space.  Its a pvops API call which has been there 
since patch one or two of pvops.

It does exactly what the rest of this thread discusses, rendering it moot.

   J
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