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Date:      Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:37:42 -0800
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha machdep.c
Message-ID:  <20030216213742.GB563@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030216143415.A41500@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
References:  <200302161925.h1GJP49b033098@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030216143415.A41500@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 02:34:15PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> Andrew Gallatin [gallatin@FreeBSD.org] wrote:
> > gallatin    2003/02/16 11:25:04 PST
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/alpha/alpha      machdep.c 
> >   Log:
> >   zero the end of the memory cluster we're disposing of.  Otherwise teh
> >   vm page startup code finds a 20GB cluster on this wacky alphaserver I'm
> >   working on..
> 
> Anybody know why phys avail is so cryptic?  Does it come directly from
> AT&T and predate C support structures? 

It's probably one of those quick-n-dirty hacks to get something
going. It's polluting new architectures as well, because it's in
MI code. I don't think there's a reason why it must absolutely
be the way it is...

-- 
 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net

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