From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:22:16 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: [PATCH] Fix mem= options
X-Git-Tag: v2.5.65~17
X-Git-Url: http://git.neil.brown.name/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=585c3653d533d01ab39ee90d50824395c3294ee7;p=history.git

[PATCH] Fix mem= options

Patch from "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>

Reverts the recent alteration of the format of the `mem=' option.  This is
because `mem=' is interpreted by bootloaders and may not be freely changed.

Instead, the new functionality to set specific memory region usages is
provided via the new "memmap=" option.

The documentation for memmap= is added, and the documentation for mem= is
updated.
---

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index eb5c056ad26c..a7057428743d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
 
 Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot
 loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.
+Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme
+need or coordination with <Documentation/i386/boot.txt>.
 
 Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that
 a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will
@@ -502,30 +504,30 @@ running once the system is up.
 			Format: <first>,<last>
 			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
  
-	mem=exactmap	[KNL,BOOT,IA-32] Enable setting of an exact
-			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
-			Such mem=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
-			BIOS output or other requirements. See the mem=nn@ss
-			option description.
-
 	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
 			Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
 			to see the whole system memory or for test.
 
-	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
-			[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific region of memory
-			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=IA-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
+			memory.
 
-	mem=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
-			[KNL,BOOT,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
+	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,IA-32] 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.
+
+	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
+			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory
 			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
 
-	mem=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
-			[KNL,BOOT,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
+	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
+			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
 			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
 
-	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=IA-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
-			memory.
+	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
+			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
+			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
 
 	memfrac=	[KNL]
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
index e629e6bc44f1..c3fb8f0602cd 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
@@ -525,8 +525,11 @@ static void __init parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p)
 		 * "mem=nopentium" disables the 4MB page tables.
 		 * "mem=XXX[kKmM]" defines a memory region from HIGH_MEM
 		 * to <mem>, overriding the bios size.
-		 * "mem=XXX[KkmM]@XXX[KkmM]" defines a memory region from
+		 * "memmap=XXX[KkmM]@XXX[KkmM]" defines a memory region from
 		 * <start> to <start>+<mem>, overriding the bios size.
+		 *
+		 * HPA tells me bootloaders need to parse mem=, so no new
+		 * option should be mem=  [also see Documentation/i386/boot.txt]
 		 */
 		if (c == ' ' && !memcmp(from, "mem=", 4)) {
 			if (to != command_line)
@@ -535,8 +538,26 @@ static void __init parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p)
 				from += 9+4;
 				clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_PSE, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
 				disable_pse = 1;
-			} else if (!memcmp(from+4, "exactmap", 8)) {
-				from += 8+4;
+			} else {
+				/* If the user specifies memory size, we
+				 * limit the BIOS-provided memory map to
+				 * that size. exactmap can be used to specify
+				 * the exact map. mem=number can be used to
+				 * trim the existing memory map.
+				 */
+				unsigned long long mem_size;
+ 
+				mem_size = memparse(from+4, &from);
+				limit_regions(mem_size);
+				userdef=1;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (c == ' ' && !memcmp(from, "memmap=", 7)) {
+			if (to != command_line)
+				to--;
+			if (!memcmp(from+7, "exactmap", 8)) {
+				from += 8+7;
 				e820.nr_map = 0;
 				userdef = 1;
 			} else {
@@ -548,7 +569,7 @@ static void __init parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p)
 				 */
 				unsigned long long start_at, mem_size;
  
-				mem_size = memparse(from+4, &from);
+				mem_size = memparse(from+7, &from);
 				if (*from == '@') {
 					start_at = memparse(from+1, &from);
 					add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RAM);