Re: [PATCH] x86: reuse the boot-time mappings of fixed_addresses

Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-01T00:29:24Z

On 08/31/09 01:26, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>> I'm wondering, how much space do we save this way, on a typical bootup
>>> on a typical PC?
>>>
>>>
>> Not a huge lot... a few dozen pages.
>>
> I guess it's still worth doing - what do you think?
>

It hardly seems worth it, but I guess it isn't much code. Will having
an apparent overlap of vmalloc and fixmap spaces confuse anything?

J