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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
index d993e33f5236..960a8a9dc4ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@
#define E820_NVS 4
#define E820_UNUSABLE 5
+/*
+ * This is a non-standardized way to represent ADR or NVDIMM regions that
+ * persist over a reboot. The kernel will ignore their special capabilities
+ * unless the CONFIG_X86_PMEM_LEGACY=y option is set.
+ *
+ * ( Note that older platforms also used 6 for the same type of memory,
+ * but newer versions switched to 12 as 6 was assigned differently. Some
+ * time they will learn... )
+ */
+#define E820_PRAM 12
/*
* reserved RAM used by kernel itself