Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86: add support for the non-standard protected e820 type

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 07:47:26PM +0000, Elliott, Robert (Server Storage) wrote:
> If this goes into the kernel, I think someone should request that the
> ACPI specification mark the value 12 as permanently tainted.  Otherwise
> they could assign it to some new meaning that conflicts with all
> of this.

I think reusing it now would create huge problems, but I have no idea
to how to even talk to the people writing the ACPI spec.

> It can be confusing that E820h type values differ from UEFI 
> memory map type values, so it might be worth emphasizing that is 
> an E820h type value.
> 
> Showing hex alongside would also clarify that it is indeed a 
> decimal 12.
> 
> Suggestion: "e820 type 12 (0xc)"

I've fixed this as well as the various typos.
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