On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Terry Lambert wrote:
> walt wrote:
> > Steve Kargl wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 05:08:40PM -0500, Eric Jones wrote:
> > >>Is there any reason, on newer motherboards, to need the MAXMEM option?
> > >
> > > I don't know. I've always used MAXMEM. Guess it's
> > > time to remove it from my kernel config file.
> >
> > FWIW, I've been using FBSD -stable and -current for about 3 years
> > on five different machines and I've never used MAXMEM. Never had
> > any problems recognizing memory, either -- guess I've been luckier
> > than some.
>
> MAXMEM is useful for testing configurations with less memory,
> without having to open up your box and yank SIMMs, or to have
> a bunch of different sized pairs of SIMMs lying around.
>
> -- Terry
I thought the original purpose atleast in FreeBSD 2.x and earlier
was so the kernel can recognize more than 64 megs of physical ram.
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