linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] x86: check for and defend against BIOS memory corruption

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Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:06:41 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	"Rafał Miłecki" <zajec5@...il.com>
Cc:	"Jeremy Fitzhardinge" <jeremy@...p.org>,
	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Alan Jenkins" <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>,
	"Hugh Dickens" <hugh@...itas.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] x86: check for and defend against BIOS memory
 corruption

> I understand that disabling chunk of RAM on every, even not affected,
> machine is far from perfect, but we have to remember about not
> advanced end-users.

Including not advanced end users without the bug ... which is probably
all but one or two people.
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