From owner-freebsd-hackers  Tue Apr 22 17:24:04 1997
Return-Path: <owner-hackers>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA19572
          for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:24:04 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from monk.via.net (monk.via.net [140.174.204.10])
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA19535
          for <hackers@freebsd.org>; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:24:00 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (from joe@localhost) by monk.via.net (8.6.11/8.6.12) id RAA18198; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:15:41 -0700
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 17:15:41 -0700
From: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>
Message-Id: <199704230015.RAA18198@monk.via.net>
To: mrcpu@cdsnet.net
Subject: Re: Can't put 512MB ram in box ... Extended memory question.
Cc: hackers@freebsd.org
X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII
Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk


Why the need for the MAXMEM config variable?

Why not just probe for maximum memosry size at boot time?

Joe