Re: [Patch] Move swiotlb_init early on X86_64

[Andi Kleen]

On Friday 03 March 2006 00:35, Zou Nan hai wrote:

> This patch modify the bootmem allocator,
> let normal bootmem allocation on 64 bit system first go above 4G
> address.

That's very ugly and likely to break some architectures. Sorry
but #ifdefs is the wrong way to do this.

Passing a limit parameter is better and use that in the swiotlb
allocation. If you're worried about changing too many callers
you could add a new entry point.

-Andi

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