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e820, efi: add ACPI 6.0 persistent memory types



ACPI 6.0 formalizes e820-type-7 and efi-type-14 as persistent memory.
Mark it "reserved" and allow it to be claimed by a persistent memory
device driver.

This definition is in addition to the Linux kernel's existing type-12
definition that was recently added in support of shipping platforms with
NVDIMM support that predate ACPI 6.0 (which now classifies type-12 as
OEM reserved).

Note, /proc/iomem can be consulted for differentiating legacy
"Persistent Memory (legacy)" E820_PRAM vs standard "Persistent Memory"
E820_PMEM.

Cc: Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: default avatarJeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Acked-by: default avatarAndy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Reviewed-by: default avatarRoss Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: default avatarChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Tested-by: default avatarToshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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