Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] mm: BadRAM support for broken memory

[H. Peter Anvin]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * devzero@xxxxxx <devzero@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > What is wrong with mem=exactmap?
> > probably no ordinary user knows how to use it instead of badram?
> > http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2007-04/msg00501.html
> >
> > someone please show us how to use that instead of badram or how this 
> > can replace what badram does.
>
> as i said it in another reply to this thread, it would be perfectly 
> acceptable for upstream to merge an easier to use boot option - be that 
> badmem=addr$size or excludemem=addr$size. Please send a patch :-)

It already called:

	memmap=addr$size


... and has been implemented for years.  Does the badram patch do 
anything different?  (And yes, I agree the $/@/# is ugly.)

	-hpa
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