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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] MIPS: Kernel crashes on boot with SPARSEMEM + HIGHMEM
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David Daney wrote:
>
>
> I think this may do the same thing as my patch:
>
> http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/1988/
>
> Although my patch had different motivations, and changes some other 
> things around too.
>
> David Daney
>
I'm not really sure why your kernel or initrd would be in memory was not 
within
the range that had been accounted for.  are you saying its in high mem?