On Monday 19 December 2005 01:32 pm, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > > 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). > > You are right, my mistake, sorry. In any case memory in the range > 1MB-4MB can be used by default.
Errm, no it can't. PAE kernels (and amd64 kernels I think) are both loaded at 2MB, so that only leaves memory in the range 1MB-2MB. -- John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
