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From: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de>
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Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] not freeing initmem?
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Am 06.03.2002 um 16:19:13 +0100 schrieb Ralf Hildebrandt folgendes:

> What does that mean? Why is the memory not freed on PA-RISC, but freed
> on x86?

OK, I grepped for that string and found the infamous FIXME:

/* FIXME: */
        printk(KERN_INFO "NOT FREEING INITMEM (%dk)\n",
                        (&__init_end - &__init_begin) >> 10);
        return;			

OTOH, why does the code below that not work for PA-RISC?