Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Apr 1996 18:08:40 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Jacek Zapala <> | Subject | Re: 16 MB -> 32 MB, a memory problem resolved! |
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> > On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Andrew E. Mileski wrote: > > > 32M-384k is _NORMAL_ and the point I was trying to make. > > > The 384k is reserved by the motherboard, and is damned near > > > impossible to access (it varies from board to board). > > > It is used for stuff like caching the BIOS and VGA ROMs > > > so that it doesn't go completely to waste. If you disable > > > caching you _still_ don't get the memory back either. > > > > > > -- Andrew E. Mileski -- > > It's waisted in Linux, as it doesn't use the bios (well some parts, but > > very little, eg apm ....) > > If you can turn BIOS shadowing, and video shadowing off in the BIOS > > setup .... > > > > Bryn > > Well, I have all of the bios shadowing turned off and that top > 384 KB is still not available. I guess it never will be under > Linux. > > Bill
Life isn't so crude :-) You may look at my very old patches (for 1.0.9) and adapt them for 1.3.x. It should be easy, but currently I have no time for this.
Patches included at the end of this posting.
Jacek Zapala (jacek@deuter.im.pw.edu.pl)
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