> If you're assuming that E801 is only broken when AX
> 15mb, you'll get bitten when your 12mb machine cheerfully
> E801's back 14.5mb in AX
But I did mention that we would be using the standard call in that
case. Currently there is nothing that can detect the memory size
perfectly. E801 _does_ fail on many systems. The question now
is whether there have been failures with E820. So, maybe E801
should be off by default. Most of the new software use E820, too.
> Are there any cases where a system does not have E820 but has a
> broken E801? And in that case, is there any safe way to deal
> with it?
I don't know of a system with E820 and a broken E801 at present.
Prashant
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