Re: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH 0/2] e820: Fix handling of NvDIMM chips

[Ingo Molnar]

* Boaz Harrosh <boaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Do you require another redundant message who's purpose is to scare
> people off, like:
>
> 	e820: WARN [mem 0x0000000100000000-0x000000017fffffff] is unknown type 12
> 
> Sure I'll add it

That message looks useful (and not very scary), and also 
emit a warning if such a region is then claimed by a 
driver.

This puts some pressure on both the firmware and the kernel 
side to get their act together, without holding 
functionality hostage.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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