Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 21:42:40 -0700 From: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@freefall.freebsd.org>, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c Message-ID: <199609040442.VAA04608@precipice.shockwave.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 03 Sep 1996 22:39:30 MDT." <199609040439.WAA28872@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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What happens with things like dosemu? I couldn't give a crap about 1k of physical memory, except it's in a rather precious area (< 640k) as far as DOS and Windows (DOSEMU and Wine) are concerned, no? From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c > This wastes a K of memory for everyone who's got an Adaptec controller. > Could we be a little more intelligent about this? If you're complaining about 1K of memory because you have an Adaptec controller then you've got to think about bigger problems. We don't even install in a machine with 4096K of memory, and 1 / 4096 doesn't even begin to touch the noise level. Heck, if you want I'll go remove 1K of memory from /bin/sh or /sbin/init, and we'd be even. Would that make you happier? The problem is that we don't know *what* exactly the stolen 1-4K is about, and it's better to be safe than sorry. Nate
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