[PATCH] kexec: Unusable memory range type

Simon Horman horms at verge.net.au
Thu Jun 17 20:06:55 EDT 2010


On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:37:06AM -0500, Cliff Wickman wrote:
> 
> On SGI UV (x86_64) kexec grumbles about 'Unusable memory' ranges:
>    Unknown type (%s) while parsing %s. Please "
>    "report this as bug. Using RANGE_RESERVED now.
> 
> uv44-sys:~ # cat /proc/iomem
> 00000000-00000fff : System RAM
> 00001000-00005fff : reserved
> 00006000-0008efff : System RAM
> 0008f000-0008ffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
> 00090000-0009ffff : System RAM
> 00100000-75ffcfff : System RAM
>   01000000-0139dcaf : Kernel code
>   0139dcb0-0192c12f : Kernel data
>   01a28000-01cd7777 : Kernel bss
>   02000000-09ffffff : Crash kernel
> 75ffd000-76013fff : Unusable memory
> 76014000-766a6fff : System RAM
> 766a7000-766d6fff : Unusable memory
> ...
> 
> This patch keeps Unusable memory as another RANGE_RESERVED area, but
> without the warning message.
> 
> Diffed against git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools.git
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw at sgi.com>

Thanks, applied.




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