From: "Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
To: "Pavel Machek" <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: "Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel.send@gmail.com>,
"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@elte.hu>,
"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: x86: memtest bootparam
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:54:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86802c440804191354q45fdedelce0ec38ba52f3880@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080419133333.GC23873@elf.ucw.cz>
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>
> > Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c64df70793a9c344874eb4af19f85e0662d2d3ee
> > > Commit: c64df70793a9c344874eb4af19f85e0662d2d3ee
> > > Parent: 9b967106da0357ef8b08847dce35584a04134f20
> > > Author: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel.send@gmail.com>
> > > AuthorDate: Fri Mar 21 18:56:19 2008 -0700
> > > Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> > > CommitDate: Thu Apr 17 17:41:21 2008 +0200
> > >
> > > x86: memtest bootparam
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > >
> > > + memtest= [KNL,X86_64] Enable memtest
> > > + Format: <integer>
> > > + range: 0,4 : pattern number
> > > + default : 0 <disable>
> >
> > OK. Did the new memtest feature get documented anywhere, btw? I'm only
> > vaguely aware of its existence.
>
> Actually it would be nice if memtest was global, not x86-specific,
> feature.
>
> I had some fun with arm running with 256mb, when only 128mb was
> present. It booted succesfully...
depends if you have find_e820_area_size in you platform. that need
reserve_early...
maybe we need to make reserve_early generic at first.
YH
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-19 20:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <200804181717.m3IHHicT031344@hera.kernel.org>
2008-04-18 21:52 ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-18 22:07 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-18 23:32 ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-19 0:03 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-19 13:33 ` Pavel Machek
2008-04-19 20:54 ` Yinghai Lu [this message]
2008-04-21 14:17 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-21 16:38 ` Yinghai Lu
[not found] <ak6MP-3wY-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <ak6MP-3wY-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
2008-04-19 10:50 ` Bodo Eggert
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