Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:05:03 -0500 | From | Paul Jackson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/8] x86 boot: allow overlapping ebda and efi memmap memory ranges |
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hpa wrote: > We *are* going to have similar hacks. That's not a question.
I agree ;) That's not the question. I have no religious objection to hacks. I just try to keep their population in check. In some cases (PC BIOS and EFI come to mind ;) I am less successful than in other cases.
> *Not* perpetuating may ... cause odd behaviours that only are > noticeable when you, say, boot from one OS into another.
So I take it you are saying that the future permutations and, in this case with nested boots, combinations are sufficiently diverse and unpredictable that as a practical matter we should perpeturate this (gentle) hack.
I'm fine with that.
Huang - would you agree to this safety reservation of the ebda area even on EFI enabled systems?
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