>> why doesnt it just limit the memory probed to 16megs on isa systems so i
>> can leave my memory in for doom?
>
>well, for instance, on some ISA systems, you can have > 16M with no problems.
>
>how?  If you don't do DMA, you'll be fine.  that's rational (and
>normal, in fact), if you have a system with a 'wd' disk, and with a
>non-DMA network board, and either don't have (or don't use) your floppy.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the floppy drives _have_ bounce
buffers.  Bounce buffers are hard to implement for devices that do bus-
mastering DMA.

A config option that limited memory to 16Mb might be nice, for some people.

--Ken