On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 10:26 -0600, Khalid Aziz wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 10:45 -0600, Khalid Aziz wrote:
> > Here is an updated patch that makes /proc/iomem include information
> > about system RAM as well. This makes /proc/iomem on ia64 look like it
> > does on x86 and also enables kexec-tools to work on ia64.
> > 
> 
> I am not sure if marking the memory allocated by bootloader for kernel,
> inital ramdisk, EFI memory map and boot parameters as "reserved"
> in /proc/iomem is the right thing to do. I have done it this way in the
> patch but I would appreciate other opinions.
> 

The more I think about it, the more I am convinced memory type
EFI_LOADER_DATA should be marked simply "System RAM", not
"reserved". /proc/iomem is supposed to represent how physical address
space is used, not how physical memory is used.

Updated patch attached.

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Khalid

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