Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: New new enhanced memory detection patch; testers wanted | Date | 20 Feb 1999 11:01:11 GMT |
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Followup to: <7am09p$uhe@pell.pell.portland.or.us> By author: o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s (david parsons) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > The memory detect scheme I wrote for Linux 1.2.13 and 2.0.x has become > obsolete. Since I wrote it, many many bioses have stopped supporting > int 15h, 0e801h for extended memory detection and instead gone over to > int 15h, 0e820h. So, I've tweaked my memory detect patch to use 0e820 > as well as 0e801 and 088 >
Which BIOSes would that be?? That seems quite odd -- you don't just discontinue something like that.
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