Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] [PATCH] HVM SMBIOS support 1/6

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11 Jul 2006, at 19:34, Keir Fraser wrote:

> Couldn't hvmloader write all BIOS tables to a safe location and be 
> done with them, or is the problem that 0xf0000 upwards is not 
> available at the time hvmloader runs? Also, is the e820 reservation 
> entry actually valid: 0x9f000-0xA0000 is reserved, but rombios copies 
> the tables out of that area, right? Does rombios also update the e820 
> table?
Actually don't worry about this. Some cleanups to the e820 stuff can be 
done later in a separate patch (e.g., getting rid of the xen-specific 
e820 types). The current e820 map is fine for now though, and I think 
the BIOS table copying and so on probably does make sense.
 -- Keir


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