Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 15:14:39 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current? Message-ID: <199907012214.PAA01520@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Jul 1999 02:14:49 %2B0800." <19990701181449.846AA8A@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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> Personally, I think we should use a kernel environment variable passed in > from loader, since kern_envp is available *real early*, from the very > beginning of init386(), which is called form locore just after going > virtual. It needs a couple of tweaks to get this to work, and in > particular, the environment variable will have to override the VM86 > calls. It shouldn't "override it", rather it should simply lower the current 4GB cap to whatever it's set to. This allows the BIOS sensing code to correctly walk around holes, etc. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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