Re: [sodaville] [PATCH 01/11] x86/kernel: remove conditional early remap in parse_e820_ext

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Wed Dec 08 2010 - 03:38:39 EST


* Sebastian Andrzej Siewior | 2010-11-25 18:39:51 [+0100]:

>parse_setup_data() uses early_memremap() for a PAGE_SIZE mapping in
>order to figure out the type & size. If this mapping is not large enough
>then parse_e820_ext() will remap this area again via early_ioremap()
>since the first mapping is still in use.
>
>This patch attempts to simplify the handling and parse_e820_ext() does
>not need to worry about the mapping anymore.
>
>Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>CC: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
>Signed-off-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx>
>---

Nobody commented this and haven't seen it merged. Is it good to go?

Sebastian
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