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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-05-08 14:33:33 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-05-08 14:33:33 +0300
commit7ae383be81781c5e1347f71c3eb0d53ce5188200 (patch)
treed2dfedb78cf4ee2bc9cc460af3be106b08e01050 /arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
parent2a4e90b18c256d52a7f3f77d58114f6d4e4a7f9f (diff)
parent3e0283a53f7d2f2dae7bc4aa7f3104cb5988018f (diff)
downloadlinux-7ae383be81781c5e1347f71c3eb0d53ce5188200.tar.xz
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/asm, before applying dependent patch
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
index d993e33f5236..960a8a9dc4ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@
#define E820_NVS 4
#define E820_UNUSABLE 5
+/*
+ * This is a non-standardized way to represent ADR or NVDIMM regions that
+ * persist over a reboot. The kernel will ignore their special capabilities
+ * unless the CONFIG_X86_PMEM_LEGACY=y option is set.
+ *
+ * ( Note that older platforms also used 6 for the same type of memory,
+ * but newer versions switched to 12 as 6 was assigned differently. Some
+ * time they will learn... )
+ */
+#define E820_PRAM 12
/*
* reserved RAM used by kernel itself