Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:33:31 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader main.c Message-ID: <200512191033.33186.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200512190926.jBJ9QhbD078141@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200512190926.jBJ9QhbD078141@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Monday 19 December 2005 04:26 am, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > sobomax 2005-12-19 09:26:42 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/boot/i386/loader main.c > Log: > If LOADER_BZIP2_SUPPORT is defined allocate heap in the 1MB-4MB range to > provide enough room for decompression (up to 2.5MB is necessary). This > should be safe to do since we load i386 kernels after 8MB mark now, so > that 16MB is the minimum amount of RAM necessary to even boot FreeBSD. Err, I thought we loaded PAE kernels at 2MB and non-PAE kernels at 4MB to skip the first PSE page (PSE pages are 2MB on PAE). -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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