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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/setup.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 45 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c index 1e720626069a..85acd22f8022 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c @@ -695,30 +695,6 @@ static void __init e820_add_kernel_range(void) e820__range_add(start, size, E820_TYPE_RAM); } -static unsigned reserve_low = CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW << 10; - -static int __init parse_reservelow(char *p) -{ - unsigned long long size; - - if (!p) - return -EINVAL; - - size = memparse(p, &p); - - if (size < 4096) - size = 4096; - - if (size > 640*1024) - size = 640*1024; - - reserve_low = size; - - return 0; -} - -early_param("reservelow", parse_reservelow); - static void __init early_reserve_memory(void) { /* @@ -1084,17 +1060,18 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) #endif /* - * Find free memory for the real mode trampoline and place it - * there. - * If there is not enough free memory under 1M, on EFI-enabled - * systems there will be additional attempt to reclaim the memory - * for the real mode trampoline at efi_free_boot_services(). + * Find free memory for the real mode trampoline and place it there. If + * there is not enough free memory under 1M, on EFI-enabled systems + * there will be additional attempt to reclaim the memory for the real + * mode trampoline at efi_free_boot_services(). + * + * Unconditionally reserve the entire first 1M of RAM because BIOSes + * are known to corrupt low memory and several hundred kilobytes are not + * worth complex detection what memory gets clobbered. Windows does the + * same thing for very similar reasons. * - * Unconditionally reserve the entire first 1M of RAM because - * BIOSes are know to corrupt low memory and several - * hundred kilobytes are not worth complex detection what memory gets - * clobbered. Moreover, on machines with SandyBridge graphics or in - * setups that use crashkernel the entire 1M is reserved anyway. + * Moreover, on machines with SandyBridge graphics or in setups that use + * crashkernel the entire 1M is reserved anyway. */ reserve_real_mode(); |