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authorPavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>2008-11-26 11:15:27 -0500
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-11-28 09:24:39 -0500
commit8caac56305cef98f9357b060a77939d17699937d (patch)
treea6ce29a9a5e50ba212c532bb095cb1ba0aabcc11 /arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
parent1d9b16d1690fe5edb1c907fe4746681cf026cdf3 (diff)
aperture_64.c: clarify that too small aperture is valid reason for this code
Impact: update comment Clarify that too small aperture is valid reason for this code. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
index 9a32b37ee2ee..676debfc1702 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
1/* 1/*
2 * Firmware replacement code. 2 * Firmware replacement code.
3 * 3 *
4 * Work around broken BIOSes that don't set an aperture or only set the 4 * Work around broken BIOSes that don't set an aperture, only set the
5 * aperture in the AGP bridge. 5 * aperture in the AGP bridge, or set too small aperture.
6 *
6 * If all fails map the aperture over some low memory. This is cheaper than 7 * If all fails map the aperture over some low memory. This is cheaper than
7 * doing bounce buffering. The memory is lost. This is done at early boot 8 * doing bounce buffering. The memory is lost. This is done at early boot
8 * because only the bootmem allocator can allocate 32+MB. 9 * because only the bootmem allocator can allocate 32+MB.