2.4.17, CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y and mem= boot parameter.

From: Nicolas Turro (Nicolas.Turro@sophia.inria.fr)
Date: Thu Oct 10 2002 - 12:10:33 EST


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Hi,
We have a computer with 4 Go of ram, and a matrox meteor frame grabber.
The meteor board need some ram to be reserved and not used by linux,
using mem=<total RAM - 2Mo> kernel parameter (in lilo.conf for me).

If i use a kernel without CONFIG_HIGHMEM enabled, everything goes fine,
but of course i endup with +- 800 Mo of available RAM for linux.

If i add CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G support to my kernel, without mem setting,
the kernel boots, sees about 3800 Mo of RAM, but my meteor doesn't work.

If i use CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G and mem=3600M , my system doesn't boot,
crashing with an obscure EXT2 error and 'no init found'

Any help ?

N. Turro
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