[bug #39861] Grub2 collapses unknown e820 memory types to reserved

[Andrew Lutomirski]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39861>

                 Summary: Grub2 collapses unknown e820 memory types to
reserved
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: amluto
            Submitted on: Fri 23 Aug 2013 10:56:39 PM GMT
                Category: Booting
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Action Request
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

I have a BIOS which reports some nonstandard e820 memory types.  Grub2 changes
them all to "reserved".  Please preserve them so that the OS can use them
intelligently.




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