Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:55:06 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: walt <wa1ter@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Options MAXMEM added to GENERIC kernel config causes kernel panicin -current Message-ID: <3E34917A.E8C421E5@mindspring.com> References: <b11r73$19r1$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> <3E34787F.7020201@hotmail.com>
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walt wrote: > Steve Kargl wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 05:08:40PM -0500, Eric Jones wrote: > >>Is there any reason, on newer motherboards, to need the MAXMEM option? > > > > I don't know. I've always used MAXMEM. Guess it's > > time to remove it from my kernel config file. > > FWIW, I've been using FBSD -stable and -current for about 3 years > on five different machines and I've never used MAXMEM. Never had > any problems recognizing memory, either -- guess I've been luckier > than some. MAXMEM is useful for testing configurations with less memory, without having to open up your box and yank SIMMs, or to have a bunch of different sized pairs of SIMMs lying around. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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