[coreboot]  [PATCH] Generate multiboot tables after and from coreboot tables

Patrick Georgi patrick at georgi-clan.de
Mon Aug 30 21:46:52 CEST 2010


Am 30.08.2010 20:54, schrieb Juhana Helovuo:
> Hello,
> 
> The attached patch adds all the memory memory ranges in the coreboot
> tables also to the multiboot tables. It is useful e.g. when booting
> Linux with Grub2 payload, since then Linux gets the Coreboot memory map
> via multiboot tables.
> 
> This patch causes multiboot table to be located in memory before
> coreboot tables, but it seemed to cause no harm for me.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juhana Helovuo <juhe at iki.fi>
I like the change, except for the #if 0 section. Could that code be
removed entirely, or is there a reason for keeping it?
Also, what's up with reserved_mem_count? Does that serve any purpose
other than dumping the multiboot tables?


Regards,
Patrick




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