Re: [PATCH] x86_64: change aper valid checking sequence

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Jan 28 2008 - 09:01:23 EST



* Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> [PATCH] x86_64: change aper valid checking sequence
>
> old sequence:
> size ==> >4G ==> point to RAM
> changed to
> >4G ==> point to RAM ==> size
>
> some bios even leave aper to unclear, so check size at last.
> to avoid reporting that like
>
> Node 0: Aperture @ 4a42000000 size 32 MB
> Aperture too small (32 MB)
>
> with patch will get
>
> Node 0: Aperture @ 4a42000000 size 32 MB
> Aperture beyond 4G. Ignoring.

thanks, applied.

Ingo
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