This is not true, the various FAQs are out of date. Memory autodetection of
memory >64MB works fine, unless it is broken by a faulty BIOS implementation.
On 14-Jan-2000 Paolo Nenzi wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Brian Hall wrote:
>
>> I'd recommend you send a note to Abit telling them to undo whatever change
>> they've made to RAM detection/initialization for all their most recent
>> BIOSes.
>
> I am a little bit concerned about this point. I am not a kernel expert and
> would like to understand this. It is said in the various HOWTOs and FAQs
> thet Linux is able to recognize the first 64MB only. If you have more than
> 64MB you have to write the exact amount of memory in a boot parameter.
>
> It seems that new BIOSes have correct a bug that cause all the memory to
> be recognized. I know that this is not an explanation. Can someone show me
> the light ?
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