RE: [patch] fix ACPI table discovery from EFI for x86

2005-08-04 Thread Tolentino, Matthew E
Bjorn Helgaas <> wrote: > On Wednesday 13 July 2005 7:09 pm, Matt Tolentino wrote: >> This patch addresses a problem on x86 EFI systems with larger memory >> configurations. Up until now, we've relied on the fact that the >> ACPI RSDT would reside somewhere in low memory that could be >> permanent

Re: [patch] fix ACPI table discovery from EFI for x86

2005-08-04 Thread Bjorn Helgaas
On Wednesday 13 July 2005 7:09 pm, Matt Tolentino wrote: > This patch addresses a problem on x86 EFI systems with larger memory > configurations. Up until now, we've relied on the fact that the > ACPI RSDT would reside somewhere in low memory that could be permanently > mapped in kernel address

[patch] fix ACPI table discovery from EFI for x86

2005-07-13 Thread Matt Tolentino
This patch addresses a problem on x86 EFI systems with larger memory configurations. Up until now, we've relied on the fact that the ACPI RSDT would reside somewhere in low memory that could be permanently mapped in kernel address space - so __va() has been sufficient. However, on EFI systems,