Subject: Re: Max memory supported by NetBSD 1.3.2 ?
To: None <gcornu@dtr.fr, port-amiga@netbsd.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@jocelyn.rhein.de>
List: port-amiga
Date: 09/28/1998 22:08:21
On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 09:25:26PM +0000, Gerard Cornu wrote:
> On 27-Sep-98, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 27, 1998 at 12:18:19PM +0000, Gerard Cornu wrote:
>
> > > I have installed NetBSD Amiga 1.3.2, works fine, but it seems
> > > to recognize only 24 MB of RAM.
>
> > The limitation is built into 1.3.2 to prevent getting hit by
> > a bug that creates a panic with big kernel address spaces (for
> > which there isn't any real fix yet).
>
> OK. Thanks Ignatios.
>
> Do you think the fix is coming in sight? ;)
No idea.
Some people report that they can use un- (or rather, less-) limited memory
if they change the "2" to "4" in sys/arch/amiga/include/vmparam.h, the line
defining VM_KERNEL_PT_PAGES.
But this is more or less voodoo.
-is