From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262048AbTJXGjv (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:39:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262038AbTJXGiw (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:38:52 -0400 Received: from dp.samba.org ([66.70.73.150]:6595 "EHLO lists.samba.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262037AbTJXGir (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:38:47 -0400 From: Rusty Russell To: tharbaugh@lnxi.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Eric Biederman Subject: Re: [BUG][PATCH] BIOS reserved regions block iomem registration In-reply-to: Your message of "22 Oct 2003 12:57:43 CST." <1066849062.6281.190.camel@tubarao> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:21:36 +1000 Message-Id: <20031024063847.4CF072C0FA@lists.samba.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In message <1066849062.6281.190.camel@tubarao> you write: > arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:register_memory() marks e820 memory regions - > some of which are "reserved". These "reserved" regions prevent FLASH > chip drivers from registering the memory range occupied by BIOS code: Not trivial, sorry. Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.