From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 27 15:56:34 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C391337B401 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:56:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net (heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 358B243F79 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:56:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0350.cvx22-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.199.95] helo=mindspring.com) by heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (SSLv3:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18dJ76-00007e-00; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:56:28 -0800 Message-ID: <3E35C6B7.65CDA944@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:54:31 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vincent Poy Cc: walt , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Options MAXMEM added to GENERIC kernel config causes kernelpanicin -current References: <20030126232840.I3206-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: b1a02af9316fbb217a47c185c03b154d40683398e744b8a4c8111b2adf71415358f3e426cf520717350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Vincent Poy wrote: > > > >>Is there any reason, on newer motherboards, to need the MAXMEM option? > > > > > > > > I don't know. I've always used MAXMEM. Guess it's > > > > time to remove it from my kernel config file. > > > > > > FWIW, I've been using FBSD -stable and -current for about 3 years > > > on five different machines and I've never used MAXMEM. Never had > > > any problems recognizing memory, either -- guess I've been luckier > > > than some. > > > > MAXMEM is useful for testing configurations with less memory, > > without having to open up your box and yank SIMMs, or to have > > a bunch of different sized pairs of SIMMs lying around. > > I thought the original purpose atleast in FreeBSD 2.x and earlier > was so the kernel can recognize more than 64 megs of physical ram. If you guys are planning on yanking it from config files and the source code, you should at least be aware that there is more than one use for it, one which is not tied to using old motherboards. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message