Re: Update: 2.2.15 SMP problem...

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Tue Oct 31 2000 - 15:56:39 EST


> how much memory you have, is there any patch I can put into a 2.2.x kernel
> or a program to run after bootup to find out the max MEM= setting which is
> appropriate, without having to do blind tests changing the amount until it
> crashes?

There is a patch for E820 memory detection that Orc posted. I've not merged it
because last time I checked it lacked the sanity checks the 2.4 code has to
catch BIOSes that lie.

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