Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
>
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 02:34:15PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> > Andrew Gallatin [gallatin@FreeBSD.org] wrote:
> > > gallatin 2003/02/16 11:25:04 PST
> > >
> > > Modified files:
> > > sys/alpha/alpha machdep.c
> > > Log:
> > > zero the end of the memory cluster we're disposing of. Otherwise teh
> > > vm page startup code finds a 20GB cluster on this wacky alphaserver I'm
> > > working on..
> >
> > Anybody know why phys avail is so cryptic? Does it come directly from
> > AT&T and predate C support structures?
>
> It's probably one of those quick-n-dirty hacks to get something
> going. It's polluting new architectures as well, because it's in
> MI code. I don't think there's a reason why it must absolutely
> be the way it is...
>
It came with i386/i386/machdep.c revision 1.25.
Alan
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