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From: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel writes to RAM it doesn't own on 2.4.24
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 20:21:54 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c5s3l2$6be$1@terminus.zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200404171440.18829.ross@datscreative.com.au

Followup to:  <200404171440.18829.ross@datscreative.com.au>
By author:    Ross Dickson <ross@datscreative.com.au>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> This is all most enlightening. If I am understanding correctly then every
> device driver that the author specifies to use a "mem=" command to 
> reserve some memory for said drivers use at the upper part of physical
> memory is stuffed by design. 
> 

Yup.

	-hpa

  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-04-17 20:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-04-17  4:40 Kernel writes to RAM it doesn't own on 2.4.24 Ross Dickson
2004-04-17 12:40 ` Ross Biro
2004-04-20 16:46   ` Ross Biro
2004-04-17 20:21 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-04-16 15:55 Richard B. Johnson
2004-04-16 16:09 ` Ross Biro
2004-04-16 16:55   ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-04-16 17:07     ` Ross Biro

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