On 04/18/2013 01:11 PM, Darren Hart wrote: >> >> I would expect that if there are any 32-bit UEFI systems that ship with >> BGRT support (and Darren makes it sound like that's a possibility), >> there's a realistic chance of the BGRT ending up allocated above the >> highmem barrier. > > I can certainly ensure we sit below that barrier on the MinnowBoard. We > can also speak with the Intel UEFI firmware development teams to see > about making that a requirement. I don't know if we'll be successful, > but Matt, Peter, and I have recently coaxed some changes of that nature in. > No, that is the wrong approach. The HIGHMEM barrier is a Linux kernel construct and isn't even guaranteed to be the same from one boot *of the same kernel* to another. The value 896M is merely the default, but it can be affected by both compile time and command line options. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
