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| -rw-r--r-- | sys/conf/NOTES | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/i386/conf/LINT | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/i386/conf/NOTES | 13 |
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/sys/conf/NOTES b/sys/conf/NOTES index 5285f85a9610..5bed81b7873f 100644 --- a/sys/conf/NOTES +++ b/sys/conf/NOTES @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # LINT -- config file for checking all the sources, tries to pull in # as much of the source tree as it can. # -# $Id: LINT,v 1.388 1997/12/28 00:28:46 jkh Exp $ +# $Id: LINT,v 1.389 1997/12/28 13:35:59 phk Exp $ # # NB: You probably don't want to try running a kernel built from this # file. Instead, you should start from GENERIC, and add options from @@ -634,10 +634,13 @@ controller isa0 # Some broken EISA and VLB hardware may need this, too. # # MAXMEM specifies the amount of RAM on the machine; if this is not -# specified, FreeBSD will read the amount of memory from the CMOS RAM, -# so the amount of memory will be limited to 64MB or 16MB depending on -# the BIOS. The amount is in kilobytes, so for a machine with 128MB of -# RAM, it would be 131072 (128 * 1024). +# specified, FreeBSD will first read the amount of memory from the CMOS +# RAM, so the amount of memory will initially be limited to 64MB or 16MB +# depending on the BIOS. If the BIOS reports 64MB, a memory probe will +# then attempt to detect the installed amount of RAM. If this probe +# fails to detect >64MB RAM you will have to use the MAXMEM option. +# The amount is in kilobytes, so for a machine with 128MB of RAM, it would +# be 131072 (128 * 1024). # # TUNE_1542 enables the automatic ISA bus speed selection for the # Adaptec 1542 boards. Does not work for all boards, use it with caution. diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/LINT b/sys/i386/conf/LINT index 5285f85a9610..5bed81b7873f 100644 --- a/sys/i386/conf/LINT +++ b/sys/i386/conf/LINT @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # LINT -- config file for checking all the sources, tries to pull in # as much of the source tree as it can. # -# $Id: LINT,v 1.388 1997/12/28 00:28:46 jkh Exp $ +# $Id: LINT,v 1.389 1997/12/28 13:35:59 phk Exp $ # # NB: You probably don't want to try running a kernel built from this # file. Instead, you should start from GENERIC, and add options from @@ -634,10 +634,13 @@ controller isa0 # Some broken EISA and VLB hardware may need this, too. # # MAXMEM specifies the amount of RAM on the machine; if this is not -# specified, FreeBSD will read the amount of memory from the CMOS RAM, -# so the amount of memory will be limited to 64MB or 16MB depending on -# the BIOS. The amount is in kilobytes, so for a machine with 128MB of -# RAM, it would be 131072 (128 * 1024). +# specified, FreeBSD will first read the amount of memory from the CMOS +# RAM, so the amount of memory will initially be limited to 64MB or 16MB +# depending on the BIOS. If the BIOS reports 64MB, a memory probe will +# then attempt to detect the installed amount of RAM. If this probe +# fails to detect >64MB RAM you will have to use the MAXMEM option. +# The amount is in kilobytes, so for a machine with 128MB of RAM, it would +# be 131072 (128 * 1024). # # TUNE_1542 enables the automatic ISA bus speed selection for the # Adaptec 1542 boards. Does not work for all boards, use it with caution. diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/NOTES b/sys/i386/conf/NOTES index 5285f85a9610..5bed81b7873f 100644 --- a/sys/i386/conf/NOTES +++ b/sys/i386/conf/NOTES @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # LINT -- config file for checking all the sources, tries to pull in # as much of the source tree as it can. # -# $Id: LINT,v 1.388 1997/12/28 00:28:46 jkh Exp $ +# $Id: LINT,v 1.389 1997/12/28 13:35:59 phk Exp $ # # NB: You probably don't want to try running a kernel built from this # file. Instead, you should start from GENERIC, and add options from @@ -634,10 +634,13 @@ controller isa0 # Some broken EISA and VLB hardware may need this, too. # # MAXMEM specifies the amount of RAM on the machine; if this is not -# specified, FreeBSD will read the amount of memory from the CMOS RAM, -# so the amount of memory will be limited to 64MB or 16MB depending on -# the BIOS. The amount is in kilobytes, so for a machine with 128MB of -# RAM, it would be 131072 (128 * 1024). +# specified, FreeBSD will first read the amount of memory from the CMOS +# RAM, so the amount of memory will initially be limited to 64MB or 16MB +# depending on the BIOS. If the BIOS reports 64MB, a memory probe will +# then attempt to detect the installed amount of RAM. If this probe +# fails to detect >64MB RAM you will have to use the MAXMEM option. +# The amount is in kilobytes, so for a machine with 128MB of RAM, it would +# be 131072 (128 * 1024). # # TUNE_1542 enables the automatic ISA bus speed selection for the # Adaptec 1542 boards. Does not work for all boards, use it with caution. |