16-bit memory, caches, and UNIX V/386
Darryl Richman
darryl at ism780c.isc.com
Fri Aug 25 10:48:16 AEST 1989
In article <9642 at b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> zeeff at b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) writes:
>>I'd like a way to differentiate between the 32-bit and 16-bit memory and use
>>them for different purposes. You could isolate your 16-bit memory from
>
>If the Unix vendors would just start allocating memory from the top so that
>the disk buffers and kernel would end up in 16 bit memory, things would work
>much better. Seems like a simple change - how about it Interactive?
MEMRANGEs marked with `:1' in your /etc/default/boot file are used
preferentially for the kernel, since the mark indicates that the memory
cannot be DMAed. Don't expect your disk buffers to end up there, however.
--Darryl Richman
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