Re: [PATCH] Solve the issue with memory corruption on Intel BIOS.

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Jul 15 2009 - 11:11:42 EST


On Wed 2009-07-15 10:34:31, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:55:14 +0200
> Alexey Fisher <bug-track@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > In Bug 13710 was reported "corrupted low memory after resume on Intel
> > DG45ID board". It use AMI BIOS with Intel vendor string. We need to add this
> > vendor to CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW_64K workaround.
>
> Given that this is the first report of a problem with an Intel BIOS, and
> there are millions of systems not affected your match is far too wide I
> think. Match the board identifier as well at least rather than randomly
> making everyone suffer.

Given the intel pushing linux these days... could we get them to
debug&fix their bios?

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