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Date:      Tue, 16 Mar 1999 21:37:56 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@iafrica.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Proposal: Define MAXMEM in GENERIC 
Message-ID:  <12176.921649076@zippy.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 14 Mar 1999 18:21:38 %2B0200." <35437.921428498@axl.noc.iafrica.com> 

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>     Cost:
> 	Annoy the people who have large memory configurations and who
> 	don't build custom kernels.

Too high.  The fact that we got royally screwed in a magazine
comparison test is what *made* David add the >64MB check in the first
place.  People with broken server-class hardware like this should fix
it, not band-aid it.

- Jordan


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