Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Feb 1999 09:24:52 -0500 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: New new enhanced memory detection patch; testers wanted |
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"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". -- mlord@pobox.com
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