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* [Patch][2.4] Oops if limit of memory via 'mem=123' failed.
@ 2003-05-28 13:39 Peter Seiderer
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From: Peter Seiderer @ 2003-05-28 13:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

Hello,
the following patch would have saved me some time in wondering about the
'mem=XXX' kernel-parameter (more specific that initrd failed if mem=XXX is
greater than the available physical memory size).
Please apply if you think it would be helpful to other.
 Peter

--- linux-2.4.20/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c_orig  2003-05-28
12:57:39.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.20/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c       2003-05-28
13:07:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@
                        }
                }
        }
+       printk(KERN_ERR "Ooops! Limit of memory to %016Lx failed!\n", size);
 }
 static void __init add_memory_region(unsigned long long start,
                                   unsigned long long size, int type)



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