Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:45:41 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 10/28] i386: map enough initial memory to create lowmem mappings |
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Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > - I know of one system that had BIOS tables at 16MB I believe (and > thus had a fairly low hole). >
Please name names, otherwise this is just rumouring. Seriously. We have enough cargo-cult programming as it is.
A lot of old ISA systems had an option to put a memory hole at 15-16 MB to support ISA video cards with linear frame buffer. It very rarely got used, since VLB took over around the same time.
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