Re: [PATCH 8 of 13] Add a bootparameter to reserve high linear address space for hypervisors

[Andi Kleen]

Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> I only implemented parse_early_param two years ago; maybe it is time for
> i386 to use it...

Problem is that it's too late. Some of the stuff is already needed
in setup_arch. You would need to move it before it first.

Unfortunately touching the order might cause very subtle problem
on other architectures - this tends to be fragile.

-Andi
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