From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx180.postini.com [74.125.245.180]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 06FB26B0008 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:10:21 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <511933F5.9000902@zytor.com> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:09:57 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] add helper for highmem checks References: <20130208202813.62965F25@kernel.stglabs.ibm.com> <20130209094121.GB17728@pd.tnic> <20130209104751.GC17728@pd.tnic> <51192B39.9060501@linux.vnet.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <51192B39.9060501@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Dave Hansen Cc: Borislav Petkov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, mingo@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de On 02/11/2013 09:32 AM, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 02/09/2013 02:47 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 10:41:21AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: >> With this change, they definitely fix something because I even get X on >> the box started. Previously, it would spit out the warning and wouldn't >> start X with the login window. And my suspicion is that wdm (WINGs >> display manager) I'm using, does /dev/mem accesses when it starts and it >> obviously failed. Now not so much :-) > > That's crazy. Didn't expect that at all. > > I guess X is happier getting an error than getting random pages back. > I'm working on a set of patches now that should get it _working_ instead > of just returning an error. > Awesome :) -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org