On 08/26/2011 09:43 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, Pavel, >> >> Sorry, there is a minor issue in the patch. Do you have time to try >> the updated version attached. > > I think Yinghai's patch is a better approach (though it needs a changelog). > > The ACPI NVS space should not be marked as "busy" by the e820 code in > the iomem_resource tree. > > It's way too complicated to mess around with registering NVS space and > trying to deal with it specially in APEI. ACPI NVS is different, it can be used only by firmware, and its interpreter, such as ACPI AML interpreter and APEI interpreter. It can not be used by ordinary driver. If my understanding is correct, this is why ACPI NVS is marked as busy. Best Regards, Huang Ying -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
