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Date:      Tue, 1 Jun 1999 13:33:17 -0500
From:      Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c
Message-ID:  <19990601133317.55152@right.PCS>
In-Reply-To: <49669.928261824@axl.noc.iafrica.com>; from Sheldon Hearn on Jun 06, 1999 at 08:30:24PM %2B0200
References:  <199906011825.LAA76694@freefall.freebsd.org> <49669.928261824@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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On Jun 06, 1999 at 08:30:24PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 01 Jun 1999 11:25:30 MST, Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> 
> >   Null commit; note that there is a new memory sizing routine that uses
> >   the BIOS calls to determine the memory configuration.  This should fix
> >   problems with >64M for good.
> 
> Does this mean MAXMEM can go away?

Yes, but I've left it in on purpose so that you can configure the
system so that it uses less memory than what is actually installed.
This is useful in some cases (e.g.: testing code under low memory
conditions).
--
Jonathan


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