ACPI: Expand the mem= cmdline to allow the specification of reserved and

ACPI DATA blocks (Pavel Machek)

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -516,6 +516,14 @@ running once the system is up.
 			[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific region of memory
 			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
 
+	mem=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
+			[KNL,BOOT,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
+			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+
+	mem=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
+			[KNL,BOOT,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
+			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+
 	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=IA-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
 			memory.
 

arch/i386/kernel/setup.c

@@ -545,6 +545,12 @@ static void __init parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p)
 				if (*from == '@') {
 					start_at = memparse(from+1, &from);
 					add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RAM);
+				} else if (*from == '#') {
+					start_at = memparse(from+1, &from);
+					add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_ACPI);
+				} else if (*from == '$') {
+					start_at = memparse(from+1, &from);
+					add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RESERVED);
 				} else {
 					limit_regions(mem_size);
 					userdef=1;