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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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