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From: rd.asha22@gmail.com (Asha R)
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:36:06 +0530
Subject: Reserving physical memory in Linux
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Thanks Adam Lee.
Is this mem= or memmap=?
Regards,
Asha
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Adam Lee <adam8157@gmail.com> wrote:

>  On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Asha R <rd.asha22@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I want to reserve one range of physical memory say from 0x10000000
> of 256MB
> > in Linux. This region is required for DMA functions alone.
> > Please help me understand how we can reserve this in Linux. Can this be
> > done using boot options or any other?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Asha
>
> try adding "mem=256M$0x10000000" in arg.
>
> via http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>
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> Adam Lee
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