#include #include #include #include #include /* * The BIOS places the EBDA/XBDA at the top of conventional * memory, and usually decreases the reported amount of * conventional memory (int 0x12) too. This also contains a * workaround for Dell systems that neglect to reserve EBDA. * The same workaround also avoids a problem with the AMD768MPX * chipset: reserve a page before VGA to prevent PCI prefetch * into it (errata #56). Usually the page is reserved anyways, * unless you have no PS/2 mouse plugged in. * * This functions is deliberately very conservative. Losing * memory in the bottom megabyte is rarely a problem, as long * as we have enough memory to install the trampoline. Using * memory that is in use by the BIOS or by some DMA device * the BIOS didn't shut down *is* a big problem. */ #define BIOS_LOWMEM_KILOBYTES 0x413 #define LOWMEM_CAP 0x9f000U /* Absolute maximum */ #define INSANE_CUTOFF 0x20000U /* Less than this = insane */ void __init reserve_ebda_region(void) { unsigned int lowmem, ebda_addr; /* * To determine the position of the EBDA and the * end of conventional memory, we need to look at * the BIOS data area. In a paravirtual environment * that area is absent. We'll just have to assume * that the paravirt case can handle memory setup * correctly, without our help. */ if (paravirt_enabled()) return; /* end of low (conventional) memory */ lowmem = *(unsigned short *)__va(BIOS_LOWMEM_KILOBYTES); lowmem <<= 10; /* start of EBDA area */ ebda_addr = get_bios_ebda(); /* * Note: some old Dells seem to need 4k EBDA without * reporting so, so just consider the memory above 0x9f000 * to be off limits (bugzilla 2990). */ /* If the EBDA address is below 128K, assume it is bogus */ if (ebda_addr < INSANE_CUTOFF) ebda_addr = LOWMEM_CAP; /* If lowmem is less than 128K, assume it is bogus */ if (lowmem < INSANE_CUTOFF) lowmem = LOWMEM_CAP; /* Use the lower of the lowmem and EBDA markers as the cutoff */ lowmem = min(lowmem, ebda_addr); lowmem = min(lowmem, LOWMEM_CAP); /* Absolute cap */ /* reserve all memory between lowmem and the 1MB mark */ memblock_reserve(lowmem, 0x100000 - lowmem); }