Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:10:17 -0600 | From | Harold Oga <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.2.18pre11 |
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On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 09:23:42PM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote: >Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said: >> > - Only 64 of 96 mbytes ram was found > >> BIOS issue > >Yes, but here 2.4.0test do find all 128Mb. Really dunno if latest 2.2.18pre >get it right, should check some day... Hi, As far as I know, and Alan can correct me if I'm wrong, 2.2.x doesn't support e820h bios call, only the e801h call. The problem is that a lot of these newer bioses dropped the e801h from the bios, and only have 88h and e820h. As a result, 2.2.x will report 64Mb, since the only call that works is 88h. 2.4.0test on the other hand supports e820h, which is why 2.4.0test gets the memory size correct.
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