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    x86/boot/e820: Implement a range manipulation operator · ef61f8a3
    Jan H. Schönherr authored
    Add a more versatile memmap= operator, which -- in addition to all the
    things that were possible before -- allows you to:
    
    - redeclare existing ranges -- before, you were limited to adding ranges;
    - drop any range -- like a mem= for any location;
    - use any e820 memory type -- not just some predefined ones.
    
    The syntax is:
    
      memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
    
    Size and offset work as usual. The "-<oldtype>" and "+<newtype>" are
    optional and their existence determine the behavior: The command
    works on the specified range of memory limited to type <oldtype>
    (if specified). This memory is then configured to show up as <newtype>.
    If <newtype> is not specified, the memory is removed from the e820 map.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJan H. Schönherr <jschoenh@amazon.de>
    Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
    Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
    Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180202231020.15608-1-jschoenh@amazon.deSigned-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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