linux-kernel - Re: Memory probing fails after 2.6.30 (bisected)

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Message-Id: <20100108140419.88E1533C5F9@tippex.mynet.homeunix.org>
Date:	Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:04:19 +0100
From:	Anders Eriksson <aeriksson@...tmail.fm>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
cc:	Anders Eriksson <aeriksson@...tmail.fm>, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Memory probing fails after 2.6.30 (bisected)


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yinghai@...nel.org said:
> can you try to revert some e820 detect patch?
>
> bca23db: x86, setup: revert ACPI 3 E820 extended attributes support 
> df7699c: x86, setup: "glove box" BIOS interrupts in the core boot code 
> cd67059: x86, setup: guard against pre-ACPI 3 e820 code not updating %ecx 
> c549e71: x86, setup: ACPI 3, BIOS workaround for E820-probing code

Starting at 33-rc3, reverting the above 4 commits cumulatively, brings back my 
e820 table.

I have no idea how to fix c549e71 so it don't break on my system.

This is a hp nc6400 laptop, btw.



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