From 7d7ebfdd532e90f0396afd61453b2644a369a25b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jiri Kosina Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 16:33:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 332458 b: refs/heads/master c: 00ea8990aadf754bbbb46ae85d4f2afba19508d8 h: refs/heads/master v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/Documentation/memory.txt | 33 --------------------------------- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 34 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 trunk/Documentation/memory.txt diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index 76f7e2a28456..9b7993281be3 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 957f822a0ab95e88b146638bad6209bbc315bedd +refs/heads/master: 00ea8990aadf754bbbb46ae85d4f2afba19508d8 diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/memory.txt b/trunk/Documentation/memory.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 802efe58647c..000000000000 --- a/trunk/Documentation/memory.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -There are several classic problems related to memory on Linux -systems. - - 1) There are some motherboards that will not cache above - a certain quantity of memory. If you have one of these - motherboards, your system will be SLOWER, not faster - as you add more memory. Consider exchanging your - motherboard. - -All of these problems can be addressed with the "mem=XXXM" boot option -(where XXX is the size of RAM to use in megabytes). -It can also tell Linux to use less memory than is actually installed. -If you use "mem=" on a machine with PCI, consider using "memmap=" to avoid -physical address space collisions. - -See the documentation of your boot loader (LILO, grub, loadlin, etc.) about -how to pass options to the kernel. - -There are other memory problems which Linux cannot deal with. Random -corruption of memory is usually a sign of serious hardware trouble. -Try: - - * Reducing memory settings in the BIOS to the most conservative - timings. - - * Adding a cooling fan. - - * Not overclocking your CPU. - - * Having the memory tested in a memory tester or exchanged - with the vendor. Consider testing it with memtest86 yourself. - - * Exchanging your CPU, cache, or motherboard for one that works.