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Date:      Mon, 18 Apr 2016 21:37:55 -0400
From:      Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To:        Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r298230 - in head: lib/libstand sys/boot/common sys/boot/efi/libefi sys/boot/efi/loader sys/boot/i386/libfirewire sys/boot/i386/libi386 sys/boot/i386/loader sys/boot/mips/beri/loader sy...
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From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>,
 "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>,
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Subject: Re: svn commit: r298230 - in head: lib/libstand sys/boot/common
 sys/boot/efi/libefi sys/boot/efi/loader sys/boot/i386/libfirewire
 sys/boot/i386/libi386 sys/boot/i386/loader sys/boot/mips/beri/loader sy...
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On 2016-04-18 21:32, Devin Teske wrote:
>=20
>> On Apr 18, 2016, at 6:06 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 04/18/16 19:30, Devin Teske wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Apr 18, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org
>>>> <mailto:allanjude@FreeBSD.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2016-04-18 19:36, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>>> Someone pointed out how this bloats out memory requirement in loade=
r.
>>>>>
>>>>> Did anyone check that?
>>>>>
>>>>> -adrian
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I tested down to 128mb of ram in QEMU, booted from the installer ISO=
,
>>>> did the install, and booted the installed system without issue.
>>>
>>> Hmm. Would be nice if we could claim success under 64MB too.
>>> If you get the chance.
>>> How low can it go?
>>
>> FWIW, The code review comments state:
>>
>> <quote>
>>
>> BTW: as mentioned in very beginning of this project, I'm reserving fai=
rly large chunk of memory (64MB) for loader and using same amount for bot=
h BIOS/UEFI variants, default in freebsd is 3MB, eventually this should b=
e reviewed, but currently it will affect very small setups.
>>
>> </quote>
>>
>> I still think it's pretty cool, thanks to everyone involved.
>>
>=20
> Does anyone know what the original memory reservation amount was before=
 it was upped to 64MB?
>=20

It was 3MB

--=20
Allan Jude


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