On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Gary Smith wrote: > I'd like to ask a question about use of the 'mem=' kernel parameter. When > booting without this parameter, the kernel automatically detects the amount > of memory as 989020 kB. If a kernel parameter is added to specify > 'mem=989020k' a TLB Miss error is encountered. Do you all have guidance > about how the memory parameter can be specified without causing the error? > Since the mem= parameter was set to an identical value as the memory > reported by meminfo in the /proc filesystem, use of this kernel parameter > should be OK. This behavior has been observed on both the BCM1250/1480 > platforms when running Debian linux. The 2.6.17-2 kernel is used with the > system. Make sure the overridden ranges as reported in the "User-defined physical RAM map" dump do not claim any reserved areas reported in the "Determined physical RAM map" dump at the beginning of the bootstrap. Maciej
