1 /* -*- linux-c -*- ------------------------------------------------------- *
3 * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
4 * Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
6 * This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
7 * the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
9 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
12 * arch/i386/boot/memory.c
14 * Memory detection code
19 #define SMAP 0x534d4150 /* ASCII "SMAP" */
21 static int detect_memory_e820(void)
27 struct e820entry *desc = boot_params.e820_map;
30 size = sizeof(struct e820entry);
32 /* Important: %edx is clobbered by some BIOSes,
33 so it must be either used for the error output
34 or explicitly marked clobbered. */
35 asm("int $0x15; setc %0"
36 : "=d" (err), "+b" (next), "=a" (id), "+c" (size),
38 : "D" (desc), "d" (SMAP), "a" (0xe820));
40 /* BIOSes which terminate the chain with CF = 1 as opposed
41 to %ebx = 0 don't always report the SMAP signature on
42 the final, failing, probe. */
46 /* Some BIOSes stop returning SMAP in the middle of
47 the search loop. We don't know exactly how the BIOS
48 screwed up the map at that point, we might have a
49 partial map, the full map, or complete garbage, so
50 just return failure. */
58 } while (next && count < E820MAX);
60 return boot_params.e820_entries = count;
63 static int detect_memory_e801(void)
70 asm("stc; int $0x15; setc %0"
71 : "=m" (err), "+a" (ax), "+b" (bx), "+c" (cx), "+d" (dx));
76 /* Do we really need to do this? */
83 return -1; /* Bogus! */
85 /* This ignores memory above 16MB if we have a memory hole
86 there. If someone actually finds a machine with a memory
87 hole at 16MB and no support for 0E820h they should probably
88 generate a fake e820 map. */
89 boot_params.alt_mem_k = (ax == 15*1024) ? (dx << 6)+ax : ax;
94 static int detect_memory_88(void)
100 asm("stc; int $0x15; setc %0" : "=bcdm" (err), "+a" (ax));
102 boot_params.screen_info.ext_mem_k = ax;
107 int detect_memory(void)
111 if (detect_memory_e820() > 0)
114 if (!detect_memory_e801())
117 if (!detect_memory_88())