Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 18:32:23 -0700 From: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org> To: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org>, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, Devin Teske <dteske@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r298230 - in head: lib/libstand sys/boot/common sys/boot/efi/libefi sys/boot/efi/loader sys/boot/i386/libfirewire sys/boot/i386/libi386 sys/boot/i386/loader sys/boot/mips/beri/loader sy... Message-ID: <CE15B9D5-C830-427B-9656-FFCBDDD25B9C@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <5715848F.7020805@FreeBSD.org> References: <201604182309.u3IN9MC6047480@repo.freebsd.org> <CAJ-Vmo=WX8xwnuvbPJMib3BMuVKjQMkKt1qXkx=TPH5wZYPM1A@mail.gmail.com> <57157108.6090500@freebsd.org> <84FB3FCC-4779-4ED1-B0A6-142C90D08EEF@freebsd.org> <5715848F.7020805@FreeBSD.org>
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> On Apr 18, 2016, at 6:06 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > > On 04/18/16 19:30, Devin Teske wrote: >> >> >>> On Apr 18, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org >>> <mailto:allanjude@FreeBSD.org>> wrote: >>> >>> On 2016-04-18 19:36, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>>> Someone pointed out how this bloats out memory requirement in loader. >>>> >>>> Did anyone check that? >>>> >>>> -adrian >>>> >>> >>> I tested down to 128mb of ram in QEMU, booted from the installer ISO, >>> did the install, and booted the installed system without issue. >> >> Hmm. Would be nice if we could claim success under 64MB too. >> If you get the chance. >> How low can it go? > > FWIW, The code review comments state: > > <quote> > > BTW: as mentioned in very beginning of this project, I'm reserving fairly large chunk of memory (64MB) for loader and using same amount for both BIOS/UEFI variants, default in freebsd is 3MB, eventually this should be reviewed, but currently it will affect very small setups. > > </quote> > > I still think it's pretty cool, thanks to everyone involved. > Does anyone know what the original memory reservation amount was before it was upped to 64MB? -- Devin
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