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Subject: RE: [2.6.6 PATCH] Exposing EFI memory map
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 09:14:03 -0700
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> 2) Can the memory map output ever be larger than PAGE_SIZE (lower
> limit is 4KB on x86)?  If not, what guarantees that?  If so, you need
> your own read mechanism rather than the generic sysfs one.

There are no size guarantees with the EFI memory map.  It could
be of various sizes...

matt