From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 3 21:20:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 374381065674 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 21:20:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from naeem_jarral@yahoo.com) Received: from web81101.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web81101.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.199.93]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ECA7C8FC14 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 21:20:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 20627 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Mar 2010 21:20:04 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1267651203; bh=JBdaj7G17ALXCDwdT6rUCeqnT/tYfi8BAwvvoE+qhGc=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=iFnhOT9PGpskyNavx1606SQZ0HRFex2KnoTf95zw4Gw7XUiagK+EMU5/TM8Gxwcd+WVCmUOro3fFCIKTjZZtIjTjeMO4oIJB9LEiAYdeskn6MusNv3bW6Di0swhbjkaaTE8HA33l84HB8a52xD27fUqfXWg82cQDn+KrXdCWipU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=IDmP/XrFOrrxJhobIMPmn65WrNmqLCuDYdgCqrP5wWnAsvpEAX0DLeXv5YjCYdYShn/i2xSkZb2ZoL+P22dHrSLmGqnzw0xcsx9agk8IzWOFHLJGLRk2nbslPLcPsODzGZZjL2qx3M67ytwpDYPp3KANsjgBZ2TZ+wuCK9V4lJU=; Message-ID: <424593.19020.qm@web81101.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: SCybSVMVM1lf_8EWNu1zvozEqumBsF_uO2zpc_gJFnakF88KXZiAyDh8JKp7ylIBKjxG9acrxCOp3CXqv5XB0X2kTQwr.iG0g76CXa0Pn7E1GxM9nt683XtHAcLAH.pbAXox2Wahi6FVCdmrT54jVQheVNEUpPJhJvxOsshy_yjLVYkb3uZoX76jUIe73x_yxTTKwz1g3ikXOVOHCRA.cX9t0sKH0SWjDA65qHQ5WuClvrMrErwTL075Dau.hW_EksJvIv2llYspEYlyKyHS8B.cuALg3i6w0u5IustY5ApFsr0eajt3lEXqwqPTLl9NmnHhym_3W71r3dAEYShFBQw- Received: from [192.55.55.37] by web81101.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:20:03 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/300.3 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964 Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:20:03 -0800 (PST) From: Naeem Afzal To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: starting kernel from non zero physical address X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:20:08 -0000 Hi, I am trying to figure out best way to boot FreeBSD8 kernel when physical memory is not starting at zero address. Is using physfree address in hammer_time() argument is the one which sets start of physical memory address? Any input would be appreciated. thanks naeem