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SubjectRe: [tip:x86/setup] x86, setup: "glove box" BIOS calls -- infrastructure
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On 4/13/09, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>> Yes, we could do memory checks, and ... hey, we already do that:
>>>
>>> bb577f9: x86: add periodic corruption check
>>> 5394f80: x86: check for and defend against BIOS memory corruption
>>>
>>> ... and i seem to be the one who implemented it! ;-)
>>
>> s/implemented/merged+fixed :-)
>
> Actually, what would probably be more productive than trying to track
> corruption would be to drop the low 1 MB of memory before suspend to RAM
> - make sure that it is as close to completely unused as possible.
>
> All *known* cases of low memory corruption are either boot time or due
> to s2ram.

IIRC, the first person to report the issue found that it triggered
when hotplugging a HDMI cable.


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