[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [PATCH] x86: Use low memory size directly from Multiboot
> The comment here is a pretty clear indication that bad values may have been > observed, even if this was only in the distant past. But we have to not > regress even on very old boot loaders. > > Is the kexec case recognizable by any means (including to distinguish kexec > properly communicating the value vs it not doing so, as iirc it was said on > irc > that this didn't always work correctly there), such that we could skip using > the BDA value in that case? Old Kexec used to report the value in bytes instead of kilobytes like it's supposed to. I can make a special case for that so that we won't have to rely on the BDA.
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