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@@ -1168,7 +1168,8 @@
Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
efi= [EFI]
- Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug" }
+ Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug",
+ "nosoftreserve" }
old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
default.
@@ -1177,6 +1178,12 @@
firmware implementations.
noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
debug: enable misc debug output
+ nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
+ attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
+ memory range for a memory mapping driver to
+ claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
+ reservation and treat the memory by its base type
+ (i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of