On Tue Jul 12 06:57:22 EDT 2011, eeke...@fastmail.fm wrote: > On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 18:40:49 -0400 erik quanstrom > <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: > > > there are assumptions about the memory size in many devices, > > > Ouch. Couldn't the kernel probe the memory size at boot time and use > that? Or at least have it set in a constant for a single point of > change?
sadly no. often, probling is not possible. and assumptions about memory sizes and layouts are typically not possible. while you can view this as an advantage, i think this tilts toward disavantage in little systems that have a ddr2/3 slot. you can't probe it, and you can't boot unless you have exactly the correct memory module. - erik
