Re: [PATCH 10/28] i386: map enough initial memory to create lowmem mappings

H. Peter Anvin
2007-04-23T17:46:50Z

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> - I know of one system that had BIOS tables at 16MB I believe (and
> thus had a fairly low hole).
>

Please name names, otherwise this is just rumouring. Seriously. We
have enough cargo-cult programming as it is.

A lot of old ISA systems had an option to put a memory hole at 15-16 MB
to support ISA video cards with linear frame buffer. It very rarely got
used, since VLB took over around the same time.

-hpa