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Date:      Thu, 30 Jan 1997 08:24:40 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jaye Mathisen  <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To:        Tor Egge <Tor.Egge@idt.ntnu.no>
Cc:        petzi@mail.nacamar.de, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.2-BETA: options MAXMEM not working (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.970130082417.16032B-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <199701292132.WAA21498@pat.idt.unit.no>

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Hmmm, I have a 2.2 box with 256MB RAM, and it sees it all just fine using 
the kernel option.

On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Tor Egge wrote:

> > OK, after having built a couple more kernels, I found out that the MAXMEM
> > option does not work for me when set to over 128 MB. I now run a kernel
> > that uses only 128 MB, though my machine has 192 MB and will have 256 at
> > the end of the week. Has this problem been fixed in kernels subsequent to
> > 2.2-BETA ? I was using 160 MB just fine with FreeBSD 2.1.5.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Michael
> 
> Is bounce buffer support disabled ? It uses some kernel virtual address space.
> 
> If that does not help, you may want to look at PR kern/1880. 
> 
> - Tor Egge
> 




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