linux-kernel - Re: 3.9.7, 3.10-rc7 - UEFI stalls at boot (nothing displayed), when booting with mem=300M

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:39:14 -0500
From:	Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@...too.org>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	kernel@...too.org, hardened-kernel@...too.org, corsac@...ian.org
Subject: Re: 3.9.7, 3.10-rc7 - UEFI stalls at boot (nothing displayed), when
 booting with mem=300M

On 06/27/2013 12:27 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:47:42AM -0500, Matthew Thode wrote:
>> There is an early boot failure with linux-3.[9,10].??? when booting
>> using uefi on low memory systems.
> 
> Does it happen on systems that genuinely have small amounts of memory, 
> or only on systems where you're passing mem=?
> 
I don't have a system (or even memory to place in this one) that has
that small amount of memory.  Do they even make ddr3 sodimms that small?

-- 
-- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)


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