RE: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Set up resources correctly on Hyper-V Generation 2

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Thu Aug 18 2016 - 21:49:28 EST


I'd rather the memmap= option works on all platforms. Unless we're going to get rid of it entirely and exclusively use ACPI tables, I see no good reason to leave this landmine lying around for someone else to blow their own leg off.

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From: Dan Williams [mailto:dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 2:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Set up resources correctly on Hyper-V Generation 2

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is the memmap= kernel command line option.

The Hyper-V ACPI tables are growing NFIT support, or I believe that work is already underway. I'd rather not touch the Linux PCI core to cover for the fact that Hyper-V disables one of the kernel's debug command line options when there's a platform standard way to communicate these resources.