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| author | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2012-10-08 16:33:25 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-10-09 16:22:57 +0900 |
| commit | 00ea8990aadf754bbbb46ae85d4f2afba19508d8 (patch) | |
| tree | 6154b7faba1e6887f74d9808b74ddf8c148f918b /Documentation | |
| parent | 957f822a0ab95e88b146638bad6209bbc315bedd (diff) | |
memory.txt: remove stray information
Andi removed some outedated documentation from Documentation/memory.txt
back in 2009 by commit 3b2b9a875ddc ("Documentation/memory.txt: remove
some very outdated recommendations"), but the resulting document is not
in a nice shape either.
It seems to me like we are not losing anything by completely removing the
file now.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/memory.txt | 33 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/memory.txt b/Documentation/memory.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 802efe58647..00000000000 --- a/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. |