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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Robert Woerle Paceblade/Support <robert@paceblade.com>
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Subject: Re: [ACPI] Re: mem= option for broken bioses
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Hi!

> >>OK, looks reasonable. Can you also gen up a patch documenting this in
> >>kernel-parameters.txt?
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >You can, assuming you took the patch ;-).
> > 
> >
> well how can i find the correct value`s to put in ??

Well, similar method to how you use mem=123@456 parameters. You just
guess them. [Given kernel messages, it is actually quite easy.]


> >--- 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.
> >
> >+	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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