abs%netbsd.org@localhost (David Brownlee) writes: >That would be the ideal "default" case - though would that most likely >involve loading the kernel first into the largest segment, There is no "default" case. Often you have a mixed zoo of memory regions and the largest region isn't necessarily the best choice for the kernel. Using the region with the highest priority (usually the fastet, not the largest) can be a good default. Unless you think that your application code can use that memory better than the kernel. Also, with todays kernel sizes, there is often no choice.