On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:32:03 -0400 erik quanstrom <quans...@labs.coraid.com> wrote:
> 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. Ouch. :( At least with the 640K split you knew where the split was.
