Re: PR# 5087. It's dead.

[David Hopper <dhop%nwlink.com@localhost>]

Well, I have to say, I'm still confused as hell, but thanks very much, Ignatios.
That fixed it!

Thanks for your help!

Am I wrong in thinking that UVM will fix a lot of the big-machine problems we're
having?  (Better question:  what specifically has changed between 1.2.1 and 1.3 
to
cause these problems?)

David Hopper
Global Event Services, Inc.

Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 27, 1998 at 11:56:52AM -0700, David Hopper wrote:
> > Well, I tried this, and got an incredible number of redefinition errors re:
> > VM_KERNEL_PT_PAGES, ending in a vast number of operand mismatches in the
> > locore.s compilation, and ultimately a failed kernel compilation.  Perhaps 
> > the
> > 1.3.2 amiga distribution on the NetBSD.com disc is broken?  I couldn't 
> > believe
> > that...
>
> Uhm. Sorry. I was confused here.
> Instead of adding the option, remove it again, and edit
> /sys/arch/amiga/include/vmparam.h instead, where that constant is defined.
>
> > What does this all have to do with the Cirrus console?  Chris Hopps' GENERIC
>
> Nothing, more or less.
>
> > 1.3.2 kernel doesn't see all my memory, but it runs fine with the console.  
> > My
> > system isn't panic'ing at all; it just doesn't see all 50 megs.  I don't 
> > have
> > memory problems that I can't live with; this PR very specifically refers to 
> > a
> > Cirrus console failure.
>
> That PR is confused.
>
>         -is