Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:06:47 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86 e820: Introduce memmap=resetusablemap for kdump usage | From | Yinghai Lu <> |
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On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:32 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: >> Again: Please explain what is bad with this solution. >> I cannot see a better and more robust way for kdump other than >> reserving the original reserved memory areas as declared by the BIOS. > > It is bad because it creates more complexity than is needed. > > The whole point is that what we want is simply to switch type 1 to type > X, with the sole exceptions being the areas explicitly reserved for the > kdump kernel.
Do you prefer to "reserveram" way in attached patch?
Thanks
Yinghai [unhandled content-type:application/octet-stream] | |