Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:11:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:11:07 -0500 Received: from Cantor.suse.de ([194.112.123.193]:28167 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:10:55 -0500 Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:38:02 +0100 From: Kurt Garloff To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.2.19pre2 Message-ID: <20001217163802.O2589@garloff.suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Kurt Garloff , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20001217125656.A309@elektroni.ee.tut.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="K8zN2sh9fO5jmbe4" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001217125656.A309@elektroni.ee.tut.fi>; from kaukasoi@elektroni.ee.tut.fi on Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 12:56:56PM +0200 X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.16 i686 X-PGP-Info: on http://www.garloff.de/kurt/mykeys.pgp X-PGP-Key: 1024D/1C98774E, 1024R/CEFC9215 Organization: TUE/NL, SuSE/FRG Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --K8zN2sh9fO5jmbe4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 12:56:56PM +0200, Petri Kaukasoina wrote: > I guess the new memory detect does not work correctly with my old work > horse. It is a 100 MHz pentium with 56 Megs RAM. AMIBIOS dated 10/10/94 w= ith > a version number of 51-000-0001169_00111111-101094-SIS550X-H. >=20 > 2.2.18 reports: > Memory: 55536k/57344k available (624k kernel code, 412k reserved, 732k da= ta, 40k init) >=20 > 2.2.19pre2 reports: > Memory: 53000k/54784k available (628k kernel code, 408k reserved, 708k da= ta, 40k init) >=20 > 57344k is 56 Megs which is correct. > 54784k is only 53.5 Megs. It's this patch that changes things for you: o E820 memory detect backport from 2.4 (Michael Chen) The E820 memory detection parses a list from the BIOS, which specifies the amount of memory, holes, reserved regions, ... Apparently, your BIOS does not do it completely correctly; otherwise you should have had crashes before ... Regards, --=20 Kurt Garloff Eindhoven, NL GPG key: See mail header, key servers Linux kernel development SuSE GmbH, Nuernberg, FRG SCSI, Security --K8zN2sh9fO5jmbe4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6PN3ZxmLh6hyYd04RAtueAJ9CBs1j3Ox/DdyCNaQzAKjhYEPLzACgvfsH Y2FSpRxjhCVLDQOHF1yQEjA= =YZRe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K8zN2sh9fO5jmbe4-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/