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[Allan Jude]

On 2016-04-18 21:32, Devin Teske wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 18, 2016, at 6:06 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pfg at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
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>>
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>> On 04/18/16 19:30, Devin Teske wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Apr 18, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Allan Jude <allanjude at FreeBSD.org
>>>> <mailto:allanjude at FreeBSD.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2016-04-18 19:36, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>>> Someone pointed out how this bloats out memory requirement in loader.
>>>>>
>>>>> Did anyone check that?
>>>>>
>>>>> -adrian
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I tested down to 128mb of ram in QEMU, booted from the installer ISO,
>>>> did the install, and booted the installed system without issue.
>>>
>>> Hmm. Would be nice if we could claim success under 64MB too.
>>> If you get the chance.
>>> How low can it go?
>>
>> FWIW, The code review comments state:
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>> <quote>
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>> BTW: as mentioned in very beginning of this project, I'm reserving fairly large chunk of memory (64MB) for loader and using same amount for both BIOS/UEFI variants, default in freebsd is 3MB, eventually this should be reviewed, but currently it will affect very small setups.
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>> </quote>
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>> I still think it's pretty cool, thanks to everyone involved.
>>
> 
> Does anyone know what the original memory reservation amount was before it was upped to 64MB?
> 

It was 3MB

-- 
Allan Jude

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