RE: [RFC] Avoiding fragmentation through different allocator

I considered adding a new zone but I felt it would be a massive job for what I considered to be a simple problem. I think my approach is nice and isolated within the allocator itself and will be less likely to affect other code. Just for clarity, I prefer this approach over adding zones, hence

RE: [patch] fix ACPI table discovery from EFI for x86

Bjorn Helgaas wrote: On Wednesday 13 July 2005 7:09 pm, Matt Tolentino wrote: This patch addresses a problem on x86 EFI systems with larger memory configurations. Up until now, we've relied on the fact that the ACPI RSDT would reside somewhere in low memory that could be permanently

RE: [patch] fix ACPI table discovery from EFI for x86

Bjorn Helgaas <> wrote: > On Wednesday 13 July 2005 7:09 pm, Matt Tolentino wrote: >> This patch addresses a problem on x86 EFI systems with larger memory >> configurations. Up until now, we've relied on the fact that the >> ACPI RSDT would reside somewhere in low memory that could be >>

RE: [RFC] Avoiding fragmentation through different allocator

>I considered adding a new zone but I felt it would be a massive job for >what I considered to be a simple problem. I think my approach is nice >and isolated within the allocator itself and will be less likely to >affect other code. Just for clarity, I prefer this approach over adding zones,