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Re: loadbsd memory segment (Was: NetBSD Amiga - Memory restrictions)




To: Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost>

Subject: Re: loadbsd memory segment (Was: NetBSD Amiga - Memory restrictions)

From: Karoly Balogh <charlie%scenergy.dfmk.hu@localhost>

Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 14:02:40 +0200 (CEST)


Hi,

On Sat, 1 Apr 2023, Frank Wille wrote:

> as promised I worked with Roc on loadbsd over the last few days and finally
> made the suggested changes. Which means:
>
> For loadbsd 3.3 the -p option is default. It's still there for compatibility
> reasons, though. New options:
>
> -l : load kernel into largest memory segment (previous default behaviour).
> -M <size> : ignore memory segments which are smaller than <size> MB
> (defaults to 2, as in previous versions).
>
> Attached you find the AmigaOS binary of loadbsd 3.3. Please test, if you
> find some time. I found no issues during my tests, but I also don't have
> any unsual memory configurations on my Amigas.
>
> When everything is ok I would commit the updated source and the uuencoded
> loadbsd binary.

Shouldn't the bootsector code be adapted to the same changes? Otherwise
the two ways of booting NetBSD could lead to inconsistent behavior.

Charlie



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