Re: 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.39-rc4 hangs after "Booting the kernel" on quad Pentium Pro system
From: Chris Samuel
Date: Sat Apr 23 2011 - 02:44:26 EST
On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:03:55 PM H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I suspect this broke during the rewrite of the setup code to
> C in 2007.
Looking at arch/x86/boot/memory.c I see the snipped:
} else {
/*
* This ignores memory above 16MB if we have a memory
* hole there. If someone actually finds a machine
* with a memory hole at 16MB and no support for
* 0E820h they should probably generate a fake e820
* map.
*/
boot_params.alt_mem_k = oreg.ax;
}
Could this be what's going on ? Or am I just grasping at straws ? :-)
cheers,
Chris
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