From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Bukie Mabayoje <bukiemab@gte.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: EBDA Question
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:42:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <422141C1.5000709@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4220C925.59995262@gte.net>
Bukie Mabayoje wrote:
>>
>>In general, dropping the EBDA below 0x9a000 is probably a
>>bad idea. Recent Linux kernels and boot loaders should handle it,
>>though. Keep in mind that you might find yourself in serious trouble
>>if you then have, for example, a PXE stack layered on top of your SCSI
>>BIOS.
>
> There are test software used in manufacturing line that needs this DOS memory.
>
For that purpose, you can probably get away with a lot more than that.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-27 3:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-07 19:45 EBDA Question Moore, Eric Dean
2005-02-08 23:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-02-26 19:08 ` Bukie Mabayoje
2005-02-27 3:42 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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2005-02-07 20:54 Salyzyn, Mark
2005-02-07 20:54 ` Salyzyn, Mark
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