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

H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-11T06:51:50Z

Jan-Simon Möller wrote:
> Am Montag 10 März 2008 18:20:19 schrieb H. Peter Anvin:
>> Jan-Simon Möller wrote:
>>> badram=0x18690000,0xffff0000
>>> (which means a whole from 0x18690000 to 0x1869ffff )
>> memmap=0x18690000$64K
>>
>> or
>>
>> memmap=0x18690000$0x10000
>>
>> -hpa
>
>
> Hmmm reading the kernel-parameters again and again ...
>
> <QUOTE>
> memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
> [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
> Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
> </QUOTE>
>
>
> nn would be 0x18690000 or ~409MB
> ss would be 0x10000 or 64k
>
> quite big hole ???
>
> I'm not in front of the faulty box, but something is wrong there ...
>

Sorry, got it backwards.

-hpa