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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel.send@gmail.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: x86: memtest bootparam
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:33:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080419133333.GC23873@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080418145202.c96460a2.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

Hi!

> Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c64df70793a9c344874eb4af19f85e0662d2d3ee
> > Commit:     c64df70793a9c344874eb4af19f85e0662d2d3ee
> > Parent:     9b967106da0357ef8b08847dce35584a04134f20
> > Author:     Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel.send@gmail.com>
> > AuthorDate: Fri Mar 21 18:56:19 2008 -0700
> > Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> > CommitDate: Thu Apr 17 17:41:21 2008 +0200
> > 
> >     x86: memtest bootparam
> >     
> > ...
> >
> >  
> > +	memtest=	[KNL,X86_64] Enable memtest
> > +			Format: <integer>
> > +			range: 0,4 : pattern number
> > +			default : 0 <disable>
> 
> OK.  Did the new memtest feature get documented anywhere, btw?  I'm only
> vaguely aware of its existence.

Actually it would be nice if memtest was global, not x86-specific,
feature.

I had some fun with arm running with 256mb, when only 128mb was
present. It booted succesfully...

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-04-19 13:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200804181717.m3IHHicT031344@hera.kernel.org>
2008-04-18 21:52 ` x86: memtest bootparam Andrew Morton
2008-04-18 22:07   ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-18 23:32     ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-19  0:03       ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-19 13:33   ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2008-04-19 20:54     ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-21 14:17       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-21 16:38         ` Yinghai Lu
     [not found] <ak6MP-3wY-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <ak6MP-3wY-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
2008-04-19 10:50   ` Bodo Eggert

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