Re: [PATCH] To crash dump, we need keep other memory type exceptE820_RAM, because other type come from BIOS or firmware is used by othercode(for example: PCI_MMCONFIG).

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue Oct 30 2012 - 22:47:03 EST


On 10/30/2012 06:26 PM, Zhang, Jun wrote:
> From aebc336baa7ec2d4ccb6f21166770c7d2ee26cba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: jzha144 <jun.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:51:18 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] To crash dump, we need keep other memory type except
> E820_RAM, because other type come from BIOS or firmware is
> used by other code(for example: PCI_MMCONFIG).

I'm sorry, I can't quite parse the description or the comment... could
you clarify it a bit? I think I know what you mean, but there is
clearly risk for misunderstandings.

-hpa

--
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/