Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: Minimize initial e820 messages

Ingo Molnar
2011-02-18T07:30:54Z

* Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:

> --- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> +++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
> */
> struct e820map e820;
> struct e820map e820_saved;
> +struct e820map e820_prev __initdata;
> +int e820_prev_saved __initdata;

Please add comments to the code that describe what these global variables do.

Also, they should be 'static' as they are only used in e820.c, right?

Ingo