Re: 3.9.7, 3.10-rc7 - UEFI stalls at boot (nothing displayed), whenbooting with mem=300M

From: Matthew Thode
Date: Thu Jun 27 2013 - 13:59:51 EST


On 06/27/2013 12:43 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 12:39:14PM -0500, Matthew Thode wrote:
>> On 06/27/2013 12:27 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:47:42AM -0500, Matthew Thode wrote:
>>>> There is an early boot failure with linux-3.[9,10].??? when booting
>>>> using uefi on low memory systems.
>>>
>>> Does it happen on systems that genuinely have small amounts of memory,
>>> or only on systems where you're passing mem=?
>>>
>> I don't have a system (or even memory to place in this one) that has
>> that small amount of memory. Do they even make ddr3 sodimms that small?
>
> I've no idea. If a bug can't be triggered on any hardware that actually
> exists, it doesn't seem like a high priority.
>
Dunno, I've asked in the bug for more testing from others that have hit
the problem. I'll let you know what I find.

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-- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)

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