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authordg <dg@FreeBSD.org>1994-12-11 03:11:23 +0000
committerdg <dg@FreeBSD.org>1994-12-11 03:11:23 +0000
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-rw-r--r--sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c b/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c
index 2605f1b..3a96845 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c
+++ b/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
* SUCH DAMAGE.
*
* from: @(#)machdep.c 7.4 (Berkeley) 6/3/91
- * $Id: machdep.c,v 1.95 1994/11/27 01:49:39 phk Exp $
+ * $Id: machdep.c,v 1.96 1994/12/11 02:28:36 davidg Exp $
*/
#include "npx.h"
@@ -1332,7 +1332,9 @@ init386(first)
/*
* Do simple memory test over range of extended memory that BIOS
* indicates exists. Adjust Maxmem to the highest page of
- * good memory.
+ * good memory. Don't kill the last page of memory - it's
+ * where the message buffer lives and should be preserved
+ * after reboot.
*/
printf("Testing memory (%dMB)...", ptoa(Maxmem)/1024/1024);
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