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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
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 |