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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:55:06 -0800
From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: Options MAXMEM added to GENERIC kernel config causes kernel panicin 
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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

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