From: adam8157@gmail.com (Adam Lee)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Reserving physical memory in Linux
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:31:15 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimZ_YtWSgHuxSMLqsXFu1EwXTUDL6Kq4WcL4Odb@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin0niBxCRshQRMMJxNSYxq-RDv=LRB++oJ2YOh6@mail.gmail.com>
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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Regards,
Adam Lee
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-27 7:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-27 6:59 Reserving physical memory in Linux Asha R
2010-12-27 7:27 ` Rajat Sharma
2010-12-27 7:31 ` Adam Lee [this message]
2010-12-27 9:06 ` Asha R
2010-12-27 9:09 ` Adam Lee
2010-12-28 3:49 ` Bharath H S
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