Re: [RFC] use realmode code to reserve end-of-conventional-memoryto 1MB

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> x86 has a number of historical assumptions, both in kernel and in 
> userspace (consider dmidecode!)  Trying to go against them is a losing 
> proposition, *AND* a headache for the maintainers, which will have to 
> consider "oh yes, and Xen does this dumb thing which goes against what 
> all the hardware does."

Ahem.  "Hardware does this dumb thing that Xen avoids".  kthxbye ;)

   J
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