david parsons writes:
+Use extended bios calls to detect memory
+CONFIG_MEM_E820
...
+Merge adjacent memory regions
+CONFIG_E820_MERGE
...
+Use bios call e801 to detect memory
+CONFIG_MEM_E801
Compile-time options aren't at all good for this. Distributions need
to work out-of-the-box on all systems.
Suggestion: make all 3 calls, then have the C code compare BIOS vendor
copyright strings against a blacklist.
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