From: Venkatesh Pallipadi The specifications that talk about E820 map doesn't have an upper limit on the number of e820 entries. But, today's kernel has a hard limit of 32. With increase in memory size, we are seeing the number of E820 entries reaching close to 32. Patch below bumps the number upto 128. The patch changes the location of EDDBUF in zero-page (as it comes after E820). As, EDDBUF is not used by boot loaders, this patch should not have any effect on bootloader-setup code interface. Patch covers both i386 and x86-64. Tested on: * grub booting bzImage * lilo booting bzImage with EDID info enabled * pxeboot of bzImage Side-effect: bss increases by ~ 2K and init.data increases by ~7.5K on all systems, due to increase in size of static arrays. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt | 6 +++--- arch/i386/boot/setup.S | 6 +++--- arch/x86_64/boot/setup.S | 6 +++--- arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c | 4 +--- arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c | 3 ++- include/asm-i386/e820.h | 2 +- include/asm-i386/setup.h | 2 +- include/asm-x86_64/bootsetup.h | 3 ++- include/asm-x86_64/e820.h | 2 +- include/linux/edd.h | 2 +- 10 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/i386/boot/setup.S~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 arch/i386/boot/setup.S --- 25/arch/i386/boot/setup.S~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 +++ 25-akpm/arch/i386/boot/setup.S Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ ramdisk_max: .long (-__PAGE_OFFSET-(512 trampoline: call start_of_setup .align 16 # The offset at this point is 0x240 - .space (0x7ff-0x240+1) # E820 & EDD space (ending at 0x7ff) + .space (0xeff-0x240+1) # E820 & EDD space (ending at 0xeff) # End of setup header ##################################################### start_of_setup: @@ -333,9 +333,9 @@ jmpe820: # sizeof(e820rec). # good820: - movb (E820NR), %al # up to 32 entries + movb (E820NR), %al # up to 128 entries cmpb $E820MAX, %al - jnl bail820 + jae bail820 incb (E820NR) movw %di, %ax diff -puN arch/x86_64/boot/setup.S~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 arch/x86_64/boot/setup.S --- 25/arch/x86_64/boot/setup.S~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 +++ 25-akpm/arch/x86_64/boot/setup.S Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ ramdisk_max: .long 0xffffffff trampoline: call start_of_setup .align 16 # The offset at this point is 0x240 - .space (0x7ff-0x240+1) # E820 & EDD space (ending at 0x7ff) + .space (0xeff-0x240+1) # E820 & EDD space (ending at 0xeff) # End of setup header ##################################################### start_of_setup: @@ -412,9 +412,9 @@ jmpe820: # sizeof(e820rec). # good820: - movb (E820NR), %al # up to 32 entries + movb (E820NR), %al # up to 128 entries cmpb $E820MAX, %al - jnl bail820 + jae bail820 incb (E820NR) movw %di, %ax diff -puN arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c --- 25/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 +++ 25-akpm/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 @@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ static void __init clear_bss(void) (unsigned long) __bss_end - (unsigned long) __bss_start); } -extern char x86_boot_params[2048]; - #define NEW_CL_POINTER 0x228 /* Relative to real mode data */ #define OLD_CL_MAGIC_ADDR 0x90020 #define OLD_CL_MAGIC 0xA33F @@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ static void __init copy_bootdata(char *r int new_data; char * command_line; - memcpy(x86_boot_params, real_mode_data, 2048); + memcpy(x86_boot_params, real_mode_data, BOOT_PARAM_SIZE); new_data = *(int *) (x86_boot_params + NEW_CL_POINTER); if (!new_data) { if (OLD_CL_MAGIC != * (u16 *) OLD_CL_MAGIC_ADDR) { diff -puN arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c --- 25/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 +++ 25-akpm/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include #include @@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ #include #include -char x86_boot_params[2048] __initdata = {0,}; +char x86_boot_params[BOOT_PARAM_SIZE] __initdata = {0,}; cpumask_t cpu_initialized __initdata = CPU_MASK_NONE; diff -puN Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt --- 25/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 +++ 25-akpm/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 @@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ Offset Type Description 0x22c unsigned long ramdisk_max 0x230 16 bytes trampoline 0x290 - 0x2cf EDD_MBR_SIG_BUFFER (edd.S) -0x2d0 - 0x600 E820MAP -0x600 - 0x7ff EDDBUF (edd.S) for disk signature read sector -0x600 - 0x7eb EDDBUF (edd.S) for edd data +0x2d0 - 0xd00 E820MAP +0xd00 - 0xeff EDDBUF (edd.S) for disk signature read sector +0xd00 - 0xeeb EDDBUF (edd.S) for edd data diff -puN include/asm-i386/e820.h~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 include/asm-i386/e820.h --- 25/include/asm-i386/e820.h~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 +++ 25-akpm/include/asm-i386/e820.h Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ #define __E820_HEADER #define E820MAP 0x2d0 /* our map */ -#define E820MAX 32 /* number of entries in E820MAP */ +#define E820MAX 128 /* number of entries in E820MAP */ #define E820NR 0x1e8 /* # entries in E820MAP */ #define E820_RAM 1 diff -puN include/asm-i386/setup.h~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 include/asm-i386/setup.h --- 25/include/asm-i386/setup.h~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 +++ 25-akpm/include/asm-i386/setup.h Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ #define MAXMEM_PFN PFN_DOWN(MAXMEM) #define MAX_NONPAE_PFN (1 << 20) -#define PARAM_SIZE 2048 +#define PARAM_SIZE 4096 #define COMMAND_LINE_SIZE 256 #define OLD_CL_MAGIC_ADDR 0x90020 diff -puN include/asm-x86_64/bootsetup.h~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 include/asm-x86_64/bootsetup.h --- 25/include/asm-x86_64/bootsetup.h~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 +++ 25-akpm/include/asm-x86_64/bootsetup.h Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ #ifndef _X86_64_BOOTSETUP_H #define _X86_64_BOOTSETUP_H 1 -extern char x86_boot_params[2048]; +#define BOOT_PARAM_SIZE 4096 +extern char x86_boot_params[BOOT_PARAM_SIZE]; /* * This is set up by the setup-routine at boot-time diff -puN include/asm-x86_64/e820.h~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 include/asm-x86_64/e820.h --- 25/include/asm-x86_64/e820.h~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 +++ 25-akpm/include/asm-x86_64/e820.h Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ #include #define E820MAP 0x2d0 /* our map */ -#define E820MAX 32 /* number of entries in E820MAP */ +#define E820MAX 128 /* number of entries in E820MAP */ #define E820NR 0x1e8 /* # entries in E820MAP */ #define E820_RAM 1 diff -puN include/linux/edd.h~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 include/linux/edd.h --- 25/include/linux/edd.h~increase-number-of-e820-entries-hard-limit-from-32-to-128 Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 +++ 25-akpm/include/linux/edd.h Thu Apr 28 17:08:35 2005 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ #define EDDNR 0x1e9 /* addr of number of edd_info structs at EDDBUF in boot_params - treat this as 1 byte */ -#define EDDBUF 0x600 /* addr of edd_info structs in boot_params */ +#define EDDBUF 0xd00 /* addr of edd_info structs in boot_params */ #define EDDMAXNR 6 /* number of edd_info structs starting at EDDBUF */ #define EDDEXTSIZE 8 /* change these if you muck with the structures */ #define EDDPARMSIZE 74 _