Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:12:04 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [ACPI] Re: mem= option for broken bioses |
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Hi!
> > > >>OK, looks reasonable. Can you also gen up a patch documenting this in > > > >>kernel-parameters.txt? > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > >You can, assuming you took the patch ;-). > > > > > > > > > > > well how can i find the correct value`s to put in ?? > > > > Well, similar method to how you use mem=123@456 parameters. You just > > guess them. [Given kernel messages, it is actually quite easy.] > > > > If I understand you, you then just have to mem= with the correct > value reported via, for example: > > ducrot@novae:~$ dmesg | grep 'ACPI data' > BIOS-e820: 000000000fef0000 - 000000000feff000 (ACPI data)
Well, for you bios map is okay and you don't need mem= parameter.
> But big problem though. It is really really strange that the > BIOS mainteners have broken e820 call, are you sure you have > enabled acpi in BIOS, and/or power management ?
Yes, what I needed was bios update. If you downgrade your bios you can provoke same bug I saw.
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