Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Yuhong Bao <> | | Subject | RE: Windows side agrees that lowmem corruption is a problem too | | Date | Tue, 8 Jun 2010 13:49:32 -0700 |
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> Disusing 64K is something we can do unconditionally (especially since > we're only talking about 60K -- 15 pages -- of actually usable memory > anyway.) Unless you really have no extended memory, agreed. > Dropping all the low 0.6 MB (which is what it really is) is probably > unacceptable by default, but perhaps it makes sense to use it only for > ZONE_DMA or something. For example, for really old 8-bit ISA devices that can only address 20-bit of address space and do not use the system 8237 DMA controller. Yuhong Bao _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5
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