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SubjectRe: New new enhanced memory detection patch; testers wanted
"H. Peter Anvin" wrote:
> By author: o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s (david parsons)
> > 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
..
> Which BIOSes would that be?? That seems quite odd -- you don't just
> discontinue something like that.

I have a Compaq desktop machine which includes a BIOS setup
option for how it handles memory size reporting.
One of the two settings works with Linux, and the other doesn't.

Maybe that's how they "handle it".
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