On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Lyle Coder wrote:
>
> Yes, according to the spec, the MP tables can be ANYWHERE in RAM, even where
> the loader loads the OS. But since in practice no one ever makes an OS
> relocatable, there is an understanding that between 1MB to 16MB (if
> available) will not be touched by the BIOS. This is actually because
> Windows loads at 1MB too.
There's more than an understanding: the ACPI spec seems to require that
the area between 1-8MB is holy and must be contiguous RAM.
Linus
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