From owner-cvs-all Sun Feb 16 13:37:54 2003 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0124E37B401; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:37:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.BAYAREA.NET [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EA7143F3F; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:37:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (athlon.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.3]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1GLbg1o073644; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:37:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@piii.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: from athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h1GLbgku000771; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:37:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.7/8.12.7/Submit) id h1GLbgEX000770; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:37:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:37:42 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Andrew Gallatin 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> References: <200302161925.h1GJP49b033098@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030216143415.A41500@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030216143415.A41500@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message