Re: [PATCH] x86, kdump: Set crashkernel_low automatically

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 03/18/2013 08:33 AM, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> 
> Thinking more about it, if ongoing DMA is an issue, then setting up
> software iotlb in those areas is also prone to being overwritten by
> those DMAs. Hence, reserving memory low where no DMA is setup by first
> kernel, seems somewhat safer.
> 

Agreed.  We really should reserve some memory low.

	-hpa


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