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Date:      Sun, 13 Dec 1998 12:07:58 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        alexandr@mail.eecis.udel.edu
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Memory Problems 
Message-ID:  <199812132007.MAA00301@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 13 Dec 1998 03:02:29 EST." <199812130302.aa18157@mail.eecis.udel.edu> 

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> I'm running -current on a ThinkPad 600E.  If I put more then 64M of
> memory in this machine it randomly hangs on me.
> 
> I've tried ever memory combo that I can for anything above 64M (80, 96
> 116 and 128), and they all produce the same results.
> 
> Has anyone ever seen a problem like this?  If so, does anyone know of a
> solution?

It's a known problem; the system responds badly to attempts to probe 
for memory in the way that we do.  You should be able to build a kernel 
with MAXMEM explicitly specified to match your memory config (See LINT) 
which should disable the speculative probe.

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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