Re: [PATCH v5 15/31] powernv/fadump: support copying multiple kernel boot memory regions
From: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Date: 2019-09-04 20:28:33
From: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Date: 2019-09-04 20:28:33
On 04/09/19 5:00 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
Hari Bathini [off-list ref] writes:quoted
Firmware uses 32-bit field for region size while copying/backing-upWhich firmware exactly is imposing that limit?
I think the MDST/MDRT tables in the f/w. Vasant, which component is that?
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+ /* + * Firmware currently supports only 32-bit value for size,"currently" implies it could change in future? If it does we assume it will only increase, and we're happy that old kernels will continue to use the 32-bit limit?
I am not aware of any plans to make it 64-bit. Let me just say f/w supports only 32-bit to get rid of that ambiguity.. - Hari