Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 26 Feb 2003 21:38:42 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | mem= option for broken bioses |
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Hi!
I've seen broken bios that did not mark acpi tables in e820 tables. This allows user to override it. Please apply,
Pavel
--- linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c 2003-02-11 17:50:57.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-tablet/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c 2003-02-20 18:03:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -546,6 +546,12 @@ if (*from == '@') { start_at = memparse(from+1, &from); add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RAM); + } else if (*from == '#') { + start_at = memparse(from+1, &from); + add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_ACPI); + } else if (*from == '$') { + start_at = memparse(from+1, &from); + add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RESERVED); } else { limit_regions(mem_size); userdef=1; -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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