Re: [PATCH v2] x86: remove NX from video bios area

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 11/17/2011 12:26 AM, wangyanqing wrote:
>  
> +/*we hope this the right video bios range*/
> +#define VIDEO_BIOS_BEGIN	0x000c0000
> +#define VIDEO_BIOS_END		0x000c7fff
> +
>  #define BIOS_ROM_BASE		0xffe00000
>  #define BIOS_ROM_END		0xffffffff

Ick.  This feels increasingly hacky, especially since the above is known
to not be the video BIOS range on a lot of reasons.

There is something much more fundamentally wrong here, including why X
permission is needed for uvesafb at all.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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