Re: option memmap

[Reinhold Jordan]

Hello,

is there any problem with this question? Who should I ask
kernel dependent questions beside the kernel developers?

Regards, Reinhold

Reinhold Jordan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> is there any documentation for this option better than this in
> linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt ?
> 
> I have a laptop with a defect memory soldered on the main-board.
> 128KB of 128MB are defect started at 7936KB
> 
> As I read from kernel-parameters.txt the option
> memmap=128K$7936K
> reserve this area. But this seems to be simply ignored. Even, if I
> fade out 64MB, Knoppix still create a RAM disk, which is larger
> as the remaining memory...
> 
> Does someone know advice?

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