[PATCH 2/3] Use /proc/firmware_mem for x86 (e820)

Pavel Machek pavel at suse.cz
Tue Jun 24 14:28:17 EDT 2008


Hi!

> This patch copies the E820 map very early, before the kernel applies various
> operations. That copy is used later to register only the BIOS-provided E820
> map later in the resource tree for /proc/firmware_mem.

It is not process related -> it should not go to /proc. Talk to Greg.

							Pavel

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