Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] x86: respect memory size limiting via mem= parameter

2019-02-11 Thread Juergen Gross
On 11/02/2019 13:23, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Juergen Gross wrote: > >>> If PCI devices had physical mmio memory areas above this range, we'd >>> still expect them to work - the option was really only meant to limit >>> RAM. >> >> No, in this case it seems to be real RAM added via PCI. The RAM

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] x86: respect memory size limiting via mem= parameter

2019-02-11 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Juergen Gross wrote: > > If PCI devices had physical mmio memory areas above this range, we'd > > still expect them to work - the option was really only meant to limit > > RAM. > > No, in this case it seems to be real RAM added via PCI. The RAM is > initially present in the E820 map, but

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] x86: respect memory size limiting via mem= parameter

2019-02-11 Thread Juergen Gross
On 11/02/2019 13:06, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Juergen Gross wrote: > >> When limiting memory size via kernel parameter "mem=" this should be >> respected even in case of memory made accessible via a PCI card. >> >> Today this kind of memory won't be made usable in initial memory >> setup as the