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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: tidy e820 output
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On 09/22/2010 10:27 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> 
> This tidies e820 output by adding an "e820" prefix and printing ranges in
> the same style we use for struct resource with %pR, e.g.:
> 
>     - BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f400 (usable)
>     + BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000-0x0009f3ff] (usable)
> 

I'm sorry, I have to admit to not understanding the difference.  I do
not want to change the number of hex digits from fixed 16 digits, as
that will make the output harder to read when printed in a block (as is
normal for the early e820 dump).  The [mem] prefix seems redundant with
(usable), or am I misreading this?

	-hpa