> > The point that Ulrich was making was, I think, that Linux should do a
> > read-modify-read cycle on the highest address *that was specified as
> > legal* either by the BIOS or by command-line arguments. That will make
> > problems show up earlier.
Sometimes you feel really good if somebody 1) understands what you
are saying and 2) shares your opinion...
>
> Ok so long as its doing that not probing then I would agree with it.
This is what I've meant (just double checking the upper memory bound,
not searching for it). It does not matter how the upper memory bound
is determined (from BIOS or from command line). It should be checked
just the same way as driver check whether theres's really a SCSI
adapter if you say so on the command line...
>
> Alan
Ulrich