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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: "Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)" <Elliott@hp.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	"linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com" <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>,
	"boaz@plexistor.com" <boaz@plexistor.com>,
	"axboe@kernel.dk" <axboe@kernel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86: add support for the non-standard protected e820 type
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:02:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150326080235.GB26540@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <94D0CD8314A33A4D9D801C0FE68B40295A8429FC@G9W0745.americas.hpqcorp.net>

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 07:47:26PM +0000, Elliott, Robert (Server Storage) wrote:
> If this goes into the kernel, I think someone should request that the
> ACPI specification mark the value 12 as permanently tainted.  Otherwise
> they could assign it to some new meaning that conflicts with all
> of this.

I think reusing it now would create huge problems, but I have no idea
to how to even talk to the people writing the ACPI spec.

> It can be confusing that E820h type values differ from UEFI 
> memory map type values, so it might be worth emphasizing that is 
> an E820h type value.
> 
> Showing hex alongside would also clarify that it is indeed a 
> decimal 12.
> 
> Suggestion: "e820 type 12 (0xc)"

I've fixed this as well as the various typos.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-03-26  8:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-25 16:04 another pmem variant Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-25 16:04 ` [PATCH 1/3] pmem: Initial version of persistent memory driver Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-25 20:19   ` Paul Bolle
2015-03-25 20:26     ` Ross Zwisler
2015-03-26  8:04       ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-25 20:21   ` Ross Zwisler
2015-03-26  8:06     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-05-04 16:43       ` Ross Zwisler
2015-05-04 16:43         ` Ross Zwisler
2015-05-07  7:26         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-05-07  8:35           ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-25 16:04 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86: add a is_e820_ram() helper Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26  2:15   ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Dan Williams
2015-03-26  8:01     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 13:57       ` Dan Williams
2015-03-26 14:32         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-25 16:04 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86: add support for the non-standard protected e820 type Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-25 19:47   ` Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
2015-03-26  8:02     ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2015-03-25 20:23   ` Ross Zwisler
2015-03-25 20:29     ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Dan Williams
2015-03-25 20:25   ` Ross Zwisler
2015-03-26  8:03     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-25 20:35   ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Dan Williams
2015-03-25 16:33 ` [Linux-nvdimm] another pmem variant Dan Williams
2015-03-25 16:44   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-25 17:00     ` Dan Williams
2015-03-25 17:04       ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-25 17:18         ` Dan Williams
2015-04-13  9:01       ` Greg KH
2015-04-13 16:02         ` Dan Williams
2015-03-25 18:09 ` Brooks, Adam J
2015-03-25 18:09   ` Brooks, Adam J
2015-03-25 18:46   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-25 21:02 ` Ross Zwisler
2015-03-26  8:32 another pmem variant V2 Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26  8:32 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86: add support for the non-standard protected e820 type Christoph Hellwig

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