Re: [PATCHv6 03/15] efi/x86: Get full memory map in allocate_e820()

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On 17.05.22 17:34, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Currently allocate_e820() only interested in the size of map and size of
> memory descriptor to determine how many e820 entries the kernel needs.
> 
> UEFI Specification version 2.9 introduces a new memory type --
> unaccepted memory. To track unaccepted memory kernel needs to allocate
> a bitmap. The size of the bitmap is dependent on the maximum physical
> address present in the system. A full memory map is required to find
> the maximum address.
> 
> Modify allocate_e820() to get a full memory map.

Usually we use max_pfn, if we want to know the maximum pfn that's
present in the system (well, IIRC, excluding hotunplug).

How exactly will this (different?) maximum from UEFI for the bitmap
interact with

max_pfn = e820__end_of_ram_pfn();

from e820 in existing code

?

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb





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