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