From: Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>
To: ACPI mailing list
<acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>,
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Andrew Grover
<andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: mem= option for broken bioses
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 21:38:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030226203841.GC346@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
Hi!
I've seen broken bios that did not mark acpi tables in e820
tables. This allows user to override it. Please apply,
Pavel
--- linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c 2003-02-11 17:50:57.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-tablet/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c 2003-02-20 18:03:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -546,6 +546,12 @@
if (*from == '@') {
start_at = memparse(from+1, &from);
add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RAM);
+ } else if (*from == '#') {
+ start_at = memparse(from+1, &from);
+ add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_ACPI);
+ } else if (*from == '$') {
+ start_at = memparse(from+1, &from);
+ add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RESERVED);
} else {
limit_regions(mem_size);
userdef=1;
--
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2003-02-26 20:38 Pavel Machek [this message]
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2003-02-26 22:39 mem= option for broken bioses Grover, Andrew
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2003-02-26 22:44 ` Pavel Machek
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