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SubjectRe: [PATCH 04/13] x86, mm: Revert back good_end setting for 64bit
On 10/03/2012 09:51 AM, Jacob Shin wrote:
>
> Any comments, thoughts? hpa? Yinghai?
>
> So it seems that during init_memory_mapping Xen needs to modify page table
> bits and the memory where the page tables live needs to be direct mapped at
> that time.
>
> Since we now call init_memory_mapping for every E820_RAM range sequencially,
> the only way to satisfy Xen is to find_early_page_table_space (good_end needs
> to be within memory already mapped at the time) for every init_memory_mapping
> call.
>
> What do you think Yinghai?
>

I outlined the sane way to do this at Kernel Summit for Yinghai and
several other people. I need to write it up for people who weren't
there, but I don't have time right at the moment.

-hpa

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



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