Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] mm: BadRAM support for broken memory

[devzero@web.de]

> > >What is wrong with mem=exactmap?
> > 
> > probably no ordinary user knows how to use it instead of badram?
> > http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2007-04/msg00501.html
> > 
> > someone please show us how to use that instead of badram or how this 
> > can replace what badram does.
> 
> as i said it in another reply to this thread, it would be perfectly 

sorry, but maybe that reply was sent off-list ? at least i cannot find that in the archive...

> acceptable for upstream to merge an easier to use boot option - be that 
> badmem=addr$size or excludemem=addr$size. Please send a patch :-)
> 
> 	Ingo

easier to use option? isn`t badram meant to be used together with memtest86 and 
isn`t that patterns generated by memtest86 already meant to provide a highly efficient way 
to specify bad memory regions ? i don`t see where there is room for optimization here. 
see that slightly outdate linuxjournal article at http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4489  
or the "Capturing errors in a pattern" chapter inside the patch.

regards
roland

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