Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:54:14 -0700 | From | "Yinghai Lu" <> | Subject | Re: x86: memtest bootparam |
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On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote: > 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...
depends if you have find_e820_area_size in you platform. that need reserve_early...
maybe we need to make reserve_early generic at first.
YH
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