Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] mm: BadRAM support for broken memory
From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Sat Mar 08 2008 - 05:36:17 EST
KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
Hi!
> This is the latest version of the BadRAM patch, which makes it possible to
> run Linux on broken memory. The patch supports the use of a lesser grade
> of memory, which could be marketed more cheaply and which would thereby
> decrease the environmental stress caused by the process of (memory) chip
> manufacturing.
What is wrong with mem=exactmap?
Agghh,
I had forgotten that.
you are right, may be.
More importantly:
memmap=<size>$<len>
already allows you to knock arbitrary holes in the memory map.
-hpa
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