Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] mm: BadRAM support for broken memory

[H. Peter Anvin]

KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> Hi!
>
> >  > This is the latest version of the BadRAM patch, which makes it possible to
> >  > run Linux on broken memory.  The patch supports the use of a lesser grade
> >  > of memory, which could be marketed more cheaply and which would thereby
> >  > decrease the environmental stress caused by the process of (memory) chip
> >  > manufacturing.
> >
> >  What is wrong with mem=exactmap?
>
> Agghh,
> I had forgotten that.
>
> you are right, may be.

More importantly:

	memmap=<size>$<len>

already allows you to knock arbitrary holes in the memory map.

	-hpa

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