Michael Brown 2ca2607b1b [romprefix] Use smaller PMM allocations if possible ...

The only way that PMM allows us to request a block in a region with
A20=0 is to ask for a block with an alignment of 2MB.  Due to the PMM
API design, the only way we can do this is to ask for a block with a
size of 2MB.

Unfortunately, some BIOSes will hit problems if we allocate a 2MB
block.  In particular, it may not be possible to enter the BIOS setup
screen; the BIOS setup code attempts a PMM allocation, fails, and
hangs the machine.

We now try allocating only as much as we need via PMM.  If the
allocated block has A20=1, we free the allocated block, double the
allocation size, and try again.  Repeat until either we obtain a block
with A20=0 or allocation fails.  (This is guaranteed to terminate by
the time we reach an allocation size of 2MB.)

2008-11-11 20:00:13 +00:00

..

i386

[romprefix] Use smaller PMM allocations if possible

2008-11-11 20:00:13 +00:00