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To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@iafrica.com>
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Subject: Re: Proposal: Define MAXMEM in GENERIC 
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 21:37:56 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.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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