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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:42:57 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Bukie Mabayoje <bukiemab@gte.net>
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Subject: Re: EBDA Question
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Bukie Mabayoje wrote:
>>
>>In general, dropping the EBDA below 0x9a000 is probably a
>>bad idea.  Recent Linux kernels and boot loaders should handle it,
>>though.  Keep in mind that you might find yourself in serious trouble
>>if you then have, for example, a PXE stack layered on top of your SCSI
>>BIOS.
> 
> There are test software used in manufacturing  line that needs this DOS memory.
> 

For that purpose, you can probably get away with a lot more than that.

	-hpa
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