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