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To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 09:34:13 -0700
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>> >   Bring in changes from revs 1.262 & 1.263: speculative memory probe for
>> >   machines with >64MB of RAM.
>> 
>> This still won't work on Compaqs and Dells - they report 16MB in the
>> RTC memory, and expect you to use the (EISA?) BIOS to find the rest.
>> (Not that I have a good solution for this, just FYI)
>
>can we possibly put some option in USERCONFIG to override any
>compiled-in option.

   This is already available via the npx0 'iosize' parameter. Although this
is certainly a kludge, it is sufficient until a better mechanism comes along
that is more general.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project