linux-kernel - RE: Windows side agrees that lowmem corruption is a problem too

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Message-ID: <SNT125-W33637A89CB95EFC6020F3BC3D70@phx.gbl>
Date:	Tue, 8 Jun 2010 18:08:30 -0700
From:	Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@...mail.com>
To:	<hpa@...or.com>, <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	<linux@...nbow-software.org>, <mingo@...e.hu>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: RE: Windows side agrees that lowmem corruption is a problem too

>> It has to be painful to the vendors so they get complaints, reports and
>> support call costs. Otherwise they won't have the correct incentives to
>> fix their mess.
Notice that Windows 7 logs an event log entry when this is detected during sleep, even though they don't use the low meg at all.
> We have already functionally lost 64K on all existing machines... I
> think the current blacklist covers 90% or more of all systems in
> existence, and we keep filling in the few holes that remain.
Which was why I said it was too broad.

If you really mean to do it unconditionally, just do it unconditionally.

Yuhong Bao

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