Re: [PATCH] x86/Kconfig: decrease maximum of X86_RESERVE_LOW to 512K

[H. Peter Anvin]

Please just do it. It is insane to spend more effort on reclaiming at the very most a few hundred kilobytes in this day and age.

On May 28, 2021 7:43:04 AM PDT, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 07:12:51PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> BIOSes have been known to clobber more than 64K. They aren't supposed
>to
>> clobber any.
>
>Yah, the BIOSes and what they're not supposed to do. Like they even
>care.
>
>> 640K is the limit because that is the address of the EGA/VGA frame
>> buffer. In the words of Bill Gates "640K ought to be enough for
>anyone."
>
>Right.
>
>So thoughts on:
>
>https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YK%2Bgv0vDfLVD7Sqp@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>?
>
>Time to do what windoze 7 does?

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