linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [resend] intel_agp: Don't oops with zero stolen memory

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Message-ID: <87aaqa2560.fsf@pollan.anholt.net>
Date:	Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:44:39 -0700
From:	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
To:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [resend] intel_agp: Don't oops with zero stolen memory

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:13:52 +0200, Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org> wrote:
> When "onboard video memory" is set do "disabled" in BIOS on Asus P4P800-VM
> board (i865G), kernel oopses with memory corruption:
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28430
> 
> Fix that by cleanly aborting the initialization.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>

I haven't seen a system with that option before. Is the integrated
graphics still supposed to work at that point, or is it "graphics is
disabled."?  What do other OSes do here?

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