Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:23:46 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Arun Sharma <arun.sharma@intel.com> Cc: freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Maxmem should be bytes ? Message-ID: <20030214002346.GA1267@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <u1y2b3eb7.fsf@unix-os.sc.intel.com> References: <200302080111.h181Bkr26574@unix-os.sc.intel.com> <u1y2b3eb7.fsf@unix-os.sc.intel.com>
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 04:18:20PM -0800, Arun Sharma wrote: > Arun Sharma <arun.sharma@intel.com> writes: > > > I found that my VHPT size was limited to 2**15 no matter how much > > memory I had. I tracked this down to the code in machdep.c:598. > > > > physmem is in units of pages and Maxmem is the number of bytes. This > > incorrect assignment results in a small VHPT size. > > I didn't see a response to this message. While VHPT < 2**15 isn't a > huge issue, this bug could result in other correctness problems. Such as? -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message
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