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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/boot/memory.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/boot/memory.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/memory.c b/arch/x86/boot/memory.c index 378353956b5d..e77d89f9e8aa 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/memory.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/memory.c @@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ static int detect_memory_e820(void) "=m" (*desc) : "D" (desc), "d" (SMAP), "a" (0xe820)); + /* BIOSes which terminate the chain with CF = 1 as opposed + to %ebx = 0 don't always report the SMAP signature on + the final, failing, probe. */ + if (err) + break; + /* Some BIOSes stop returning SMAP in the middle of the search loop. We don't know exactly how the BIOS screwed up the map at that point, we might have a @@ -47,9 +53,6 @@ static int detect_memory_e820(void) break; } - if (err) - break; - count++; desc++; } while (next && count < E820MAX); |