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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 2/4] x86_64 boot: Add linked list of struct setup_data
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Paul Jackson wrote:
> Huang wrote:
>> The setup_data will not only be used for E820 extension.
> 
> I'm still unsure of your meaning.
> 
> Are you saying that 'setup_data' is not used in your current patch set?
> 
> Are you also saying that 'setup_data' will be used in the future?
> 

They will be used for other things in the future.  EDD extension is one 
we already know about -- the current EDD code doesn't carry as much 
information as we want.

	-hpa