[PATCH] 2.4.3-ac10: sanitize_e820_map()

2001-04-20 Thread Brian Moyle
Summary: print bad BIOS maps (those containing overlaps in memory regions). Kernel: linux-2.4.3-ac10 Description: This change informs the user when overlaping memory regions are found in an e820 memory map. If overlaps are found, the mapping is displayed and then an adjusted map

Re: 2.4.2-ac6 hangs on boot w/AMD Elan SC520 dev board

2001-04-04 Thread Brian Moyle
Changes are isolated to sanitize_e820_map(). (patch is against linux-2.4.3-ac3) This change informs the user when overlaping memory regions have been found in their e820 map. If overlaps were found, it displays the original mapping and then creates an adjusted map (w/o overlaps). If no overl

Re: 2.4.2-ac6 hangs on boot w/AMD Elan SC520 dev board

2001-03-01 Thread Brian Moyle
routine (removes overlapping memory regions); + * Brian Moyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, February 2001 */ /* @@ -438,6 +441,170 @@ } /* + * Sanitize the BIOS e820 map. + * + * Some e820 responses include overlapping entries. The following + * replaces the original e820 map with a new

Re: 2.4.2-ac6 hangs on boot w/AMD Elan SC520 dev board

2001-03-01 Thread Brian Moyle
Anvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, November 2000 + * + * Added E820 sanitization routine (removes overlapping memory regions); + * Brian Moyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, February 2001 */ /* @@ -438,6 +441,126 @@ } /* + * Sanitize the BIOS e820 map. + * + * Some e820 responses include

2.4.2-ac6 hangs on boot w/AMD Elan SC520 dev board

2001-02-27 Thread Brian Moyle
Kernel 2.4.2-ac6 hangs while booting an AMD Elan SC520 development board. Long-story-short If I define "STANDARD_MEMORY_BIOS_CALL" in setup.S and misc.c, it boots fine. Here are the results: memory map that hangs (added debugging to setup.S to determine E820 map): hand-copi