On 12/13/2012 02:02 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: > 1EA/001 ALL edd_mbr_sig_buf_entries Number of entries in > edd_mbr_sig_buffer > (below) > +1F0/001 ALL sentinel 0: states _ext_* fields are vali
0x1f0 is unsuitable for use as sentinel -- or in fact for any purpose -- because it is quite plausible that someone may (fairly sanely) start the copy range at 0x1f0 instead of 0x1f1... we really should have documented it that way but it is too late now. However, we can use 0x1ef. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/