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Date:      Sat, 22 Apr 95 21:28:09 MDT
From:      terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
To:        rashid@haven.ios.com (Rashid Karimov.)
Cc:        smace@metal-mail.neosoft.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 2.x and large memory configs
Message-ID:  <9504230328.AA10212@cs.weber.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199504222146.RAA03303@haven.ios.com> from "Rashid Karimov." at Apr 22, 95 05:46:25 pm

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> > Has anyone used FreeBSD 2 (or the snaps) with large mem configs like
> > around 128megs?  (EISA or PCI bus).
> 
> 	As far as I know only SNAPs older than 0210 will work
> 	with big amount of RAM
> 	I personally have PC with 128Mb RAM under 2.1Development
> 	(aka SNAPs).

[ ... ]

> 	The problem is that some PC brands report wrong
> 	amount of memory ( I have some 4 names in my
> 	collection of brain-dead brands , including
> 	well respected Gateway-2000, DELL , Micron ).

Actually, it would be nifty if someone were to add a sysctl command
that would allow you to bump up the memory via a command in the RC file.

I don't know what additional changes would be necessary for this to have
the same impact as if the memory had always been there.

This issue is likely to surface again if FreeBSD decides to support
PCMCIA memory cards being ejected.  8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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