Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 23:30:23 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: Eric Jones <fpicard@bellsouth.net> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, walt <wa1ter@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Options MAXMEM added to GENERIC kernel config causes kernel panicin -current Message-ID: <20030126232934.T3206-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> In-Reply-To: <1043636098.15573.17.camel@griffin.webcoven.org>
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On 26 Jan 2003, Eric Jones wrote: > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 20:55, Terry Lambert wrote: > > walt wrote: > > > Steve Kargl wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 05:08:40PM -0500, Eric Jones wrote: > > > >>Is there any reason, on newer motherboards, to need the MAXMEM option? > > > > > > > > I don't know. I've always used MAXMEM. Guess it's > > > > time to remove it from my kernel config file. > > > > > > FWIW, I've been using FBSD -stable and -current for about 3 years > > > on five different machines and I've never used MAXMEM. Never had > > > any problems recognizing memory, either -- guess I've been luckier > > > than some. > > > > MAXMEM is useful for testing configurations with less memory, > > without having to open up your box and yank SIMMs, or to have > > a bunch of different sized pairs of SIMMs lying around. > > > > -- Terry > > > > For uses such as testing I can understand, but I don't see a use under > normal conditions, at least on newer systems. I haven't dug into the > source yet today, but there must be a reason why ACPI doesn't play nice > on certain systems when MAXMEM is specified. > > I wonder if it is just AMD systems? Mine's a 900MHz Duron, and IIRC I > think someone else in earlier in the thread was using an AMD also. I posted the original thread and can say the problem occurs on both PII366 notebook, P4m-2Ghz, P4-1.7Ghz as well as PIII1Ghz systems and various AMD Athlon XP's. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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