Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:00:17 -0800 (PST) | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] export e820 table on x86 |
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On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Dave Hansen wrote: > > BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009dc00 (usable) > BIOS-e820: 000000000009dc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000003fff9380 (usable) > BIOS-e820: 000000003fff9380 - 0000000040000000 (ACPI data) > BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 00000000fff80000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) > > I added a " e820" onto the end of each of the cases in > register_memory(). Where does the "00000000000e0000 - > 0000000000100000 (reserved)" entry go?
The kernel removes all region claims in the 0xa0000 - 0x100000 area, since there are broken bioses that claim there is good memory there even if there isn't. > I wonder if it is vital to the next boot...
Nope, the next boot would also just remove it..
Linus
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