linux-stable/arch/x86
Cliff Wickman e2a7147640 x86: correct the conversion of EFI memory types
This patch causes all the EFI_RESERVED_TYPE memory reservations to be recorded
in the e820 table as type E820_RESERVED.

(This patch replaces one called 'x86: vendor reserved memory type'.
 This version has been discussed a bit with Peter and Yinghai but not given
 a final opinion.)

Without this patch EFI_RESERVED_TYPE memory reservations may be
marked usable in the e820 table. There may be a collision between
kernel use and some reserver's use of this memory.

(An example use of this functionality is the UV system, which
 will access extremely large areas of memory with a memory engine
 that allows a user to address beyond the processor's range.  Such
 areas are reserved in the EFI table by the BIOS.
 Some loaders have a restricted number of entries possible in the e820 table,
 hence the need to record the reservations in the unrestricted EFI table.)

The call to do_add_efi_memmap() is only made if "add_efi_memmap" is specified
on the kernel command line.

Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2009-06-16 17:47:32 -07:00
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boot Merge branch 'x86-setup-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 16:14:41 -07:00
configs Merge branch 'x86-kbuild-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 15:30:41 -07:00
crypto crypto: aes-ni - Add support to Intel AES-NI instructions for x86_64 platform 2009-02-18 16:48:06 +08:00
ia32 Merge branch 'core/signal' into perfcounters/core 2009-04-30 21:16:49 +02:00
include/asm Merge branch 'amd-iommu/fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/linux-2.6-iommu into x86/urgent 2009-06-16 11:51:24 +02:00
kernel x86: correct the conversion of EFI memory types 2009-06-16 17:47:32 -07:00
kvm KVM: Add VT-x machine check support 2009-06-10 12:27:08 +03:00
lguest Merge branch 'x86-xen-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 16:16:27 -07:00
lib x86: MSR: add methods for writing of an MSR on several CPUs 2009-06-10 12:18:43 +02:00
math-emu Merge branch 'core/percpu' into percpu-cpumask-x86-for-linus-2 2009-03-27 17:28:43 +01:00
mm x86: mm: Read cr2 before prefetching the mmap_lock 2009-06-16 10:23:32 +02:00
oprofile Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core 2009-06-11 17:55:42 +02:00
pci Merge branch 'irq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 15:25:41 -07:00
power x86: disable stack-protector for __restore_processor_state() 2009-04-03 19:48:41 +02:00
vdso Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core 2009-06-11 17:55:42 +02:00
video
xen Merge branch 'x86-xen-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 16:16:27 -07:00
Kbuild x86: standardize Kbuild rules 2009-04-16 18:09:02 +02:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core 2009-06-11 17:55:42 +02:00
Kconfig.cpu Revert "x86, bts: reenable ptrace branch trace support" 2009-06-11 00:32:00 +02:00
Kconfig.debug Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 19:53:40 -07:00
Makefile Merge branch 'x86-kbuild-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 15:30:41 -07:00
Makefile_32.cpu