Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 13:41:13 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: tony@dell.com (Tony Overfield) Cc: eivind@dimaga.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAXMEM was: Re: 2.1.6 on Compaq Prosignia 500 (2.1.5 worked) Message-ID: <199612152041.NAA23851@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19961214202436.0067ea7c@bugs.us.dell.com> from "Tony Overfield" at Dec 14, 96 08:24:46 pm
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> There are standardized BIOS calls to obtain the correct amount of > memory, even when it exceeds 65 MB. I think the boot loader should > make these BIOS calls and pass the correct information to the kernel. Go ahead and add it. Make sure the boot code doesn't grow over the 8k limit imposed on it by the fact that there isn't any more space between the start of the BSD area on the disk and the disklabel on everyone's hardrives for several years now... Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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