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SubjectRe: [tip:x86/microcode] x86/microcode_intel_early.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU
On 12/11/2012 10:42 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>
> now in for-x86-boot:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/yinghai/linux-yinghai.git;a=commit;h=8e4e093e6d140f1316953437fdde4e826f5cfd98
>
> it adds extra mapping from the whole kernel when kernel is loaded above 1G.
> from round_down(_text, 2M) to round_up(_end -1, 2M).
>
> Do you mean we need to add extra mapping for realmode_data, cmdline,
> ramdisk too? (not include setup_data, and it is accessed via
> early_ioremap later).

Yes, but...

> but if the user memmap to exclude some page, we will still need to
> relocate the ramdisk.

-ENOPARSE

I really need to look at this in more detail. I'm starting to think
this is done completely backwards.

-hpa




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