Memory sizing for old machines whose BIOSen don't speak E820
got broken in 2.4.0-test13-pre4:
--- v2.4.0-test12/linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c Mon Dec 11 17:59:43 2000
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c Thu Dec 21 14:01:19 2000
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
e820.nr_map = 0;
add_memory_region(0, LOWMEMSIZE(), E820_RAM);
- add_memory_region(HIGH_MEMORY, mem_size << 10, E820_RAM);
+ add_memory_region(HIGH_MEMORY, (mem_size << 10) - HIGH_MEMORY, E820_RAM);
}
printk("BIOS-provided physical RAM map:\n");
print_memory_map(who);
(This snipped is in setup_memory_region() where legacy (e801 or 88)
memory size info is converted to e820-style.)
BIOS call 0x88 returns extended (above 1M) memory size not total, so
the subtraction "- HIGH_MEMORY" is wrong. The effect is that the
kernel believes the machine to have 1MB less RAM than it actually has
-- not fun on an old 486 with limited RAM to start with :-(
I think this patch should be backed out pronto.
/Mikael
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