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Date:      Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:48:07 -0600
From:      "Alan L. Cox" <alc@imimic.com>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Cc:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha machdep.c
Message-ID:  <3E500717.65436EAF@imimic.com>
References:  <200302161925.h1GJP49b033098@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030216143415.A41500@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20030216213742.GB563@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net>

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Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> 
> 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...
> 

It came with i386/i386/machdep.c revision 1.25.

Alan

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