In article <Pine.NEB.4.29.99999.0010292335560.376-100000@localhost>,
   David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org> wrote:
> 	So the value is only needed on a machine without VRAM? On a
> 	machine with 1MB of VRAM can you set it to 2MB to use 2MB of DRAM
> 	with higher resolution/bpp?

The kernel initialisation code only allows you to use a maximum of
one  megabyte of dynamic RAM as video RAM. It you set it higher
than that it resets it to one megabyte.

Dave Daniels