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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/Kconfig: decrease maximum of X86_RESERVE_LOW to 512K
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
CC:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>,
        untaintableangel@hotmail.co.uk, x86@kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Please just do it=2E It is insane to spend more effort on reclaiming at the=
 very most a few hundred kilobytes in this day and age=2E

On May 28, 2021 7:43:04 AM PDT, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8=2Ede> wrote:
>On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 07:12:51PM -0700, H=2E Peter Anvin wrote:
>> BIOSes have been known to clobber more than 64K=2E They aren't supposed
>to
>> clobber any=2E
>
>Yah, the BIOSes and what they're not supposed to do=2E Like they even
>care=2E
>
>> 640K is the limit because that is the address of the EGA/VGA frame
>> buffer=2E In the words of Bill Gates "640K ought to be enough for
>anyone=2E"
>
>Right=2E
>
>So thoughts on:
>
>https://lkml=2Ekernel=2Eorg/r/YK%2Bgv0vDfLVD7Sqp@kernel=2Eorg
>
>?
>
>Time to do what windoze 7 does?

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