Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] mm: BadRAM support for broken memory

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Mar 04 2008 - 08:27:54 EST



* devzero@xxxxxx <devzero@xxxxxx> wrote:

> >What is wrong with mem=exactmap?
>
> probably no ordinary user knows how to use it instead of badram?
> http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2007-04/msg00501.html
>
> someone please show us how to use that instead of badram or how this
> can replace what badram does.

as i said it in another reply to this thread, it would be perfectly
acceptable for upstream to merge an easier to use boot option - be that
badmem=addr$size or excludemem=addr$size. Please send a patch :-)

Ingo
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