Re: how to specify kernel parameter "memmap="
On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 09:03:03AM -0500, Long Wind wrote:
>
> I can't boot many Linux, probably because linux can't correctly detect
> memory map
> so I have to specify myself, below is copied from kernel-parameters.txt
>
Could it be that you need to run the PAE kernel?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension
>
> memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
> E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
> Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
> BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
> option description.
>
>
> Could you help me specify "exactmap"?
> I can't find details about it.
> Thanks in advance!
>
> (I go to bed now)
>
Would the following links help?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1911473/force-linux-to-use-only-memory-over-4g
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/37729/how-can-i-reserve-a-block-of-memory-from-the-linux-kernel
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