Re: [ACPI] Re: mem= option for broken bioses

[Robert Woerle Paceblade/Support <robert@paceblade.com>]

Pavel Machek schrieb:

>Hi!
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>>>>OK, looks reasonable. Can you also gen up a patch documenting this in
>>>>kernel-parameters.txt?
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>>>You can, assuming you took the patch ;-).
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>>well how can i find the correct value`s to put in ??
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>Well, similar method to how you use mem=123@456 parameters. You just
>guess them. [Given kernel messages, it is actually quite easy.]
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well .. wow ... what a accurate solution `????
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well cant you tell me more ?

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>>>--- clean/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt	2003-02-11 
>>>17:40:28.000000000 +0100
>>>+++ linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt	2003-02-26 
>>>23:43:21.000000000 +0100
>>>@@ -516,6 +516,10 @@
>>>			[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific region of memory
>>>			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
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>>>+	mem=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
>>>+			[KNL,BOOT,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
>>>+			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
>>>+
>>>	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=IA-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
>>>			memory.
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