Re: [PATCH] x86: split e820 reserved entries record to late v2

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To: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>, David Witbrodt <dawitbro@...>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...>, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>, Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 5:16 pm

* Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> wrote:


Here we have the problem of overlap i outlined earlier: if there's a 
partial overlap at this stage (as i think it can happen in the hpet case 
on David's box), we wont insert the E820_RESERVED resource.

The hpet hang will be solved, because we dont reprogram the BAR, but we 
now keep the formerly e820-reserved area as 'free' - which the PCI code 
could allocate new resources into - which could cause other problems 
(hangs, non-working devices, etc.) down the line.

Which most likely wont happen currently in practice (there's enough free 
space elsewhere), but it's still a not truly 'free' area and it would be 
nice to have a complete and correct picture, based on all sources of 
information we have.

	Ingo
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