Changeset 75232 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/Devices/PC/BIOS

Timestamp:

Nov 2, 2018 6:21:27 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

BIOS: Never report more than 15M extended memory on 286s.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Devices/PC/BIOS/system.c (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/Devices/PC/BIOS/system.c

@@ -465 +465 @@
         AX = (inb_cmos(0x31) << 8) | inb_cmos(0x30);
 
+#if VBOX_BIOS_CPU >= 80386
         // According to Ralf Brown's interrupt the limit should be 15M,
         // but real machines mostly return max. 63M.
         if(AX > 0xffc0)
             AX = 0xffc0;
+#else
+        // An AT compatible cannot have more than 15M extended memory.
+        // If more is reported, some software (e.g. Windows 3.1) gets
+        // quite upset.
+        if(AX > 0x3c00)
+            AX = 0x3c00;
+#endif
 
         CLEAR_CF();