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On 09.04.19 18:43, Dan Williams wrote:

>>> UEFI 2.8 defines an EFI_MEMORY_SP attribute bit to augment the
>>> interpretation of the EFI Memory Types as "reserved for a special
>>> purpose".

What exactly is that suppose to mean ?
Little pacmans might come around and eat the bits ? :o
Who writes specs like that ? What drugs do did take ?


I vote for calling this the lore-ipsum-area ;-)


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