On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 07:47:26PM +0000, Elliott, Robert (Server Storage) wrote: > If this goes into the kernel, I think someone should request that the > ACPI specification mark the value 12 as permanently tainted. Otherwise > they could assign it to some new meaning that conflicts with all > of this.
I think reusing it now would create huge problems, but I have no idea to how to even talk to the people writing the ACPI spec. > It can be confusing that E820h type values differ from UEFI > memory map type values, so it might be worth emphasizing that is > an E820h type value. > > Showing hex alongside would also clarify that it is indeed a > decimal 12. > > Suggestion: "e820 type 12 (0xc)" I've fixed this as well as the various typos. -- 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/
