[syslinux] State of memdisk-acpi
Shao Miller
sha0.miller at gmail.com
Wed Nov 7 15:18:43 PST 2012
On 11/7/2012 16:58, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
>
> Seems i misinterpreted the goal of memdisk-acpi.
>
I can't suggest what hpa had as a goal, but I do remember discussing the
device-enumeration subject with him.
>
> I hoped memdisk-acpi would allow me to get memdisk parameters on windows
> from user space with GetSystemFirmwareTable.
>
I finished writing an NT physical memory driver several days ago and it
works. It's just a matter of porting the DOS mdiskchk, now. You can
see (and hopefully compile) the driver at
git://git.zytor.com/users/sha0/mdiskchk_win.git
>
> Linux provides 'acpi:HPA0001' as modalias.
Cool. I'll have to find out what you are talking about. :)
- Shao Miller
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