2009-03-06 Robert Millan Make loader/i386/linux.c usable on i386-pc again. * kern/i386/pc/init.c (grub_machine_init): Disable addition of low memory to heap. * loader/i386/linux.c [GRUB_MACHINE_PCBIOS] (allocate_pages): Remove `#error' stanza. Index: kern/i386/pc/init.c =================================================================== --- kern/i386/pc/init.c (revision 2019) +++ kern/i386/pc/init.c (working copy) @@ -148,10 +148,15 @@ grub_machine_init (void) grub_gate_a20 (1); #endif +/* FIXME: This prevents loader/i386/linux.c from using low memory. When our + heap implements support for requesting a chunk in low memory, this should + no longer be a problem. */ +#if 0 /* Add the lower memory into free memory. */ if (grub_lower_mem >= GRUB_MEMORY_MACHINE_RESERVED_END) add_mem_region (GRUB_MEMORY_MACHINE_RESERVED_END, grub_lower_mem - GRUB_MEMORY_MACHINE_RESERVED_END); +#endif auto int NESTED_FUNC_ATTR hook (grub_uint64_t, grub_uint64_t, grub_uint32_t); int NESTED_FUNC_ATTR hook (grub_uint64_t addr, grub_uint64_t size, grub_uint32_t type) Index: loader/i386/linux.c =================================================================== --- loader/i386/linux.c (revision 2019) +++ loader/i386/linux.c (working copy) @@ -143,9 +143,8 @@ allocate_pages (grub_size_t prot_size) real_mode_mem = 0; prot_mode_mem = 0; -#ifdef GRUB_MACHINE_PCBIOS -#error i386-pc port adds lower memory to heap, which collides with `real_mode_mem' allocation below -#endif + /* FIXME: Should request low memory from the heap when this feature is + implemented. */ auto int NESTED_FUNC_ATTR hook (grub_uint64_t, grub_uint64_t, grub_uint32_t); int NESTED_FUNC_ATTR hook (grub_uint64_t addr, grub_uint64_t size, grub_uint32_t type)