Re: Getting memory information from the kernel

Timur Tabi (ttabi@interactivesi.com)
Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:44:40 -0500


** Reply to message from "Mark Mokryn" <mark@sangate.com> on Thu, 29 Jun 2000
11:44:00 +0200

> I'm trying to get the dimensions (starting physical address + length) of the reserved memory region acquired by passing "mem=XXX" to the kernel at system boot. Anyone have a clue as to how to get these numbers from the kernel?

I don't know if this answers your question, but the e820 stuff is supposed to
give you a physical memory map. It is overwritten by the mem kernel parameter,
I believe.

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