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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why doesn't bsd see all my memory???
Date: 2 Apr 1997 14:38:41 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <01bc3eae$8e6a6420$6330fa9e@org-qsar2.chem.msu.su>,
"Eugene Radchenko" <genie@qsar.chem.msu.su> writes:
> AFAIU, the cause is that CMOS has space for 64MB memory only. I always
> wondered why can't the kernel scan the available memory itself (like POST
> routine in BIOS) and store it in some more sensibly-sized datatype? Surely
> it can't take longer than SCSI bus recalibration?
>
> CU Genie
Dangerous - you never know what you're going to scribble on (memory
mapped hardware). The POST can probably get away with it because
nothing has yet been initialised.
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !