root/arch/x86/kernel/head.c

DEFINITIONS

1. reserve_ebda_region

#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/init.h>

#include <asm/setup.h>
#include <asm/bios_ebda.h>

#define BIOS_LOWMEM_KILOBYTES 0x413

/*
 * 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.
 */
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();
        printk(KERN_INFO "BIOS EBDA/lowmem at: %08x/%08x\n", ebda_addr, lowmem);

        /* Fixup: bios puts an EBDA in the top 64K segment */
        /* of conventional memory, but does not adjust lowmem. */
        if ((lowmem - ebda_addr) <= 0x10000)
                lowmem = ebda_addr;

        /* Fixup: bios does not report an EBDA at all. */
        /* Some old Dells seem to need 4k anyhow (bugzilla 2990) */
        if ((ebda_addr == 0) && (lowmem >= 0x9f000))
                lowmem = 0x9f000;

        /* Paranoia: should never happen, but... */
        if ((lowmem == 0) || (lowmem >= 0x100000))
                lowmem = 0x9f000;

        /* reserve all memory between lowmem and the 1MB mark */
        reserve_early_overlap_ok(lowmem, 0x100000, "BIOS reserved");
}