From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755857AbZEJR5S (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 May 2009 13:57:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753780AbZEJR5I (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 May 2009 13:57:08 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:54015 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751480AbZEJR5H (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 May 2009 13:57:07 -0400 Message-ID: <4A07155A.8030601@zytor.com> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 10:56:42 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andi Kleen CC: Jan Beulich , mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86-64: improve e820_search_gap() References: <4A0199B8.76EA.0078.0@novell.com> <4A03BC1A.9060605@zytor.com> <4A03F016.76EA.0078.0@novell.com> <874ovvo0wo.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <4A0492EA.6080403@zytor.com> <20090508205347.GC23223@one.firstfloor.org> <4A049B99.4000402@zytor.com> <20090509100008.GD23223@one.firstfloor.org> <4A06778E.9030908@zytor.com> <20090510151804.GE23223@one.firstfloor.org> In-Reply-To: <20090510151804.GE23223@one.firstfloor.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andi Kleen wrote: > > Well right now we ignore ACPI/PNP data, sometimes ignore PCI data > and only look in e820 and sometimes only use PCI/e820 and sometimes > only use SRAT (or at least it was like this at some point) > That *is* a conflict resolution policy. Quite probably an accidental one. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.