[coreboot] New patch to review for coreboot: db051bf Fix missing VM mapping

Patrick Georgi patrick at georgi-clan.de
Sat Dec 24 08:51:01 CET 2011


Am 24.12.2011 05:16, schrieb ron minnich:
> I'm just getting back to coreboot. Is libpayload used verbatim in the
> kernel? The phys/virt map in coreboot is 1:1 by design. The mapping
> seems unnecessary to me. Just wondering.
libpayload provides phys/virt mapping because FILO relocates itself to
high memory.

Side note:
At some point, I'd like to see generic relocation support in libpayload
as most payloads can benefit from being moved to top-of-ram, to make
space for OS kernels.


Patrick




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