Re: [RFC] BadRAM still not ready for inclusion ? (was: Re: Free Linux Driver Development!)

[devzero@web.de]

>What's so hard about submitting a 200 line patch to LKML?

that's what i was wondering about ;D
it's not the first time, that i see nice features not being submitted to lkml.

anyway - pavel (thanks btw!) just pointed me to some param "mem=exactmap" :

>I think functionality is there in latest vanila with mem=exactmap even
>w/o patches.

so, maybe we need to find out _if_ and _how_ this could make BadRAM obsolete (i.e. if this is a good alternative) ?
(so we won't need to discuss about BadRAM inclusion anymore. :)

what i found is:

894         memmap=exactmap [KNL,IA-32,X86_64] Enable setting of an exact
895                         E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
896                         Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
897                         BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
898                         option description.
899 
900         memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
901                         [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory
902                         Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
903 
904         memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
905                         [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
906                         Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
907 
908         memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
909                         [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
910                         Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.

this indeed looks like something being able to replace BadRAM, but the question is, how to handle/enable that and how to translate BadRAM patterns from memtest86 to be usable. (i.e.: writing a HowTo for the average user not being a kernel wizard)

regards
roland


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: "Lee Revell" <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
> Gesendet: 06.03.07 18:29:58
> An: "devzero@web.de" <devzero@web.de>
> CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com, pavel@suse.cz
> Betreff: Re: [RFC] BadRAM still not ready for inclusion ? (was: Re: Free Linux Driver Development!)


> On 3/4/07, devzero@web.de <devzero@web.de> wrote:
> > It seems, that BadRAM is not being maintained very actively and the original author doesn`t seem to have the time pushing it into mainline, but i know it's actively being used by more then just a handful of people. Unfortunately there is no mailinglist to approve this and some "central point of communication" besides Rick van Rein doesn't seem to exist. There is a fork named BadMEM at http://sourceforge.net/projects/badmem, Memtest86 also supporting BadRAM and i have seen LOTs of discussion about BadRAM on the net. Most of that discussion was due to problems getting it run with Kernel XYZ.
> >
> > Basically, this feature is a matter of adding/modifying 200 lines of code, so iŽm even more wondering, why it exists for more than 7 years and nothing happening here.
> 
> Because most kernel developers don't have time to scour the net for
> random kernel patches and pull them.  If you have a useful patch you
> want merged it's up to you to push it.
> 
> What's so hard about submitting a 200 line patch to LKML?
> 
> Lee
> 


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