[syslinux] [PATCH][git-pull] memdisk/setup.c: Limit available RAM hack

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 02/06/2011 08:49 AM, Gene Cumm wrote:
> 
>> The right way to do this is to convert all RAM areas above the limit
>> into reserved areas in e820 using insertrange().  However, it is
>> important that areas with other memory types don't get modified, in
>> particular types 3 and 4.
> 
> I might have misread but I thought that MEMDISK's insertrange() would
> do something like this.
> 

No, that will unconditionally overwrite all other ranges, regardless of
type.  We only want to overwrite type 1 ranges.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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