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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 7820d447bb8..633f25dd9ee 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1089,6 +1089,26 @@ config X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK Set whether the default state of memory_corruption_check is on or off. +config X86_RESERVE_LOW_64K + bool "Reserve low 64K of RAM on AMI/Phoenix BIOSen" + default y + help + Reserve the first 64K of physical RAM on BIOSes that are known + to potentially corrupt that memory range. A numbers of BIOSes are + known to utilize this area during suspend/resume, so it must not + be used by the kernel. + + Set this to N if you are absolutely sure that you trust the BIOS + to get all its memory reservations and usages right. + + If you have doubts about the BIOS (e.g. suspend/resume does not + work or there's kernel crashes after certain hardware hotplug + events) and it's not AMI or Phoenix, then you might want to enable + X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION=y to allow the kernel to check typical + corruption patterns. + + Say Y if unsure. + config MATH_EMULATION bool prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32 |