Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86 boot: early_res_to_e820

[Huang, Ying]

On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 00:29 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
[...]
> >
> > For example, if EFI memory map is allocated in highmem area by
> > boot-loader, it need to be reserved in kernel. But on i386, bootmem can
> > only reserve memory area below max_low_pfn. So I think this is needed.
> >
> > In general, I think it is needed to provide a reservation mechanism for
> > highmem area on i386. Because some memory area from BIOS or boot-loader
> > may in highmem area.
> 
> I mean call reserve_setup_data right after finish_e820_parsing,  and
> it could call e820_update_range directly.

e820_update_range() can only be used after finish_e820_parsing()?

parse_setup_data() should be called before parse_early_param() to let
early_param override settings in setup_data. Which is before
finish_e820_parsing(). It seems a little wired to use the data before
reserve it.

And this means find_e820_area() should not be called before
e820_update_range()?

Best Regards,
Huang Ying

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