in mm/init.c [170:202]
static void __init parse_memmap_one(char *p)
{
char *oldp;
unsigned long start_at, mem_size;
if (!p)
return;
oldp = p;
mem_size = memparse(p, &p);
if (p == oldp)
return;
switch (*p) {
case '@':
start_at = memparse(p + 1, &p);
memblock_add(start_at, mem_size);
break;
case '$':
start_at = memparse(p + 1, &p);
memblock_reserve(start_at, mem_size);
break;
case 0:
memblock_reserve(mem_size, -mem_size);
break;
default:
pr_warn("Unrecognized memmap syntax: %s\n", p);
break;
}
}