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Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.1.2 can corrupt BIOS resevered memory between 1M a

To: Kimball Murray <kimball.murray@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.1.2 can corrupt BIOS resevered memory between 1M and 16M.
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:30:49 +0000
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On 14/12/07 23:48, "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> So the first time through the loop, s == 1M and e == 15M.  But map_s
>> gets set to 16M and then we slip into the if statement and call
>> init_boot_pages with (1M, 16M), crushing the BIOS hole.
> 
> Thanks for the analysis. I'll sort out a fix and get back to you.

Please try c/s 16624 in the staging tree
(http://xenbits.xensource.com/staging/xen-unstable.hg).

 -- Keir



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