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

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Message-ID: <51CC7DA4.4040809@gentoo.org>
Date:	Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:00:04 -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 12:43 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 12:39:14PM -0500, Matthew Thode wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> I've no idea. If a bug can't be triggered on any hardware that actually 
> exists, it doesn't seem like a high priority.
> 
Dunno, I've asked in the bug for more testing from others that have hit
the problem.  I'll let you know what I find.

-- 
-- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)


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