[GIT PULL] x86/kaslr for v3.14

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Feb 7 18:20:32 EST 2014


On 02/07/2014 03:16 PM, Dave Young wrote:
> 
> Hi Vivek,
> 
> Chaowang <chaowang at redhat.com> is looking into passing setup_data SETUP_E820_EXT
> instead of using exactmap. Previously Thomas Renninger tried passing them in e820.
> I did not find the old thread, but I remember it's not enough because of the
> 128 entries limitation. 
> 

THERE IS NO SUCH LIMITATION.

Only 128 slots fit in struct boot_params, but additional entries can be
added to the setup_data linked list.

	-hpa




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