Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Jun 1999 14:30:17 +0000 (UTC) | From | Adam Fritzler <> | Subject | Re: holes for ISA boards... |
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AFAIK, it was never submitted for inclusion. It was pointed out to me when I asked about it just over a year ago.
If Stephen Early's patch works, it sounds like a more generalized way to do it. It's also already included in the ACPI patchset.
mid
On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
> Hi Adam. > > > Christer Weinigel made a patch for 2.0.29 so long ago that > > let Linux use all your RAM and still have the hole. > > > It may still be available at: > > > ftp://rvs.ctrl-c.liu.se/pub/wingel/memory-hole-2.0.29.diff > > > Shouldn't be terribly difficult to move to 2.2/2.3. > > Any idea why this patch wasn't included in the main kernel? > It sounds like it'd be a very useful feature. > > Certainly, on my motherboard, if I enable the BIOS setting for > "Enable 16M ISA DMA", a RAM hole appears between 14-16M, but at > the same time, RAMtop moves upwards by 2M to compensate, so if > such a patch was included, this system would work either way. > > Best wishes from Riley. > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux | > | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, | > | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone | > | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. | > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > * ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux > * http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html >
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