Re: [PATCH] x86: efi/e820 table merge fix

[H. Peter Anvin]

Cliff Wickman wrote:
> 
> Paul Jackson retired from SGI a while back.  I haven't seen him
> participating in the LKML.  But he must have been trying to assure 
> that, as Peter says, memory that isn't WB doesn't get into the usable
> pool.
> 

Actually, it's not certain; he might just (incorrectly) have thought it
was easier than looking at the memory type.  Either way, though, keeping
the check in is the conservative thing to do.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/