Messages in this thread | | | From | Perry Harrington <> | Subject | Re: Problem with 1G RAM | Date | Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:25:49 -0800 (PST) |
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Perusing setup.c in the i386 directory yields:
#define MAXMEM ((unsigned long)(-PAGE_OFFSET-VMALLOC_RESERVE))
if (memory_end > MAXMEM) memory_end = MAXMEM;
If this doesn't truncate the mem=XXXM command supplied maximum, then I'm at a loss.
--Perry
> > OK, who wants to volunteer to insert a check in the kernel: STOP if > __PAGE_OFFSET is incompatible with the amount of RAM specified by > "mem=xxxM" ? Failing that, print a warning, and reduce the RAM to (say) > 960MB or whatever. > > This seems to have bitten quite a few people, and we *do* want to help > people who run Linux on big machines, don't we? They don't always get a > second chance to explain to their bosses why the machine won't boot... > > Neil > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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