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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2010-08-26 01:38:20 +0200
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2010-08-26 02:10:49 +0200
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x86, bios: Make the x86 early memory reservation a kernel option
Add a kernel command-line option so the x86 early memory reservation size can be adjusted at runtime instead of only at compile time. Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> LKML-Reference: <tip-d0cd7425fab774a480cce17c2f649984312d0b55@git.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
address space.
+ reservelow= [X86]
+ Format: nn[K]
+ Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
+ the bottom of the address space.
+
reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
during initialization.