Re: Does Linux have plan to support memory hole remapping?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Kasper Sandberg wrote:
> A somewhat related question is.. How come linux does not(as i understand
> it) support talking to the chipsets to do these things? wouldnt this
> also give other benefits, such as being able to more precisely control
> interrupts and stuff?

Sure.  Plus, it's virtually guaranteed to crash or corrupt your system 
if you try to do anything which requires ACPI or SMM.

	-hpa
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