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From: Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 on QNAP TS-212 NAS (kw)
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On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:32:03 -0400
erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com> wrote:

> On Tue Jul 12 06:57:22 EDT 2011, eekee57@fastmail.fm wrote:
> > On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 18:40:49 -0400 erik quanstrom
> > <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> >
> > > there are assumptions about the memory size in many devices,
> > >
> > Ouch.  Couldn't the kernel probe the memory size at boot time and use
> > that?  Or at least have it set in a constant for a single point of
> > change?
>
> sadly no.  often, probling is not possible.  and assumptions about
> memory sizes and layouts are typically not possible.
>
> while you can view this as an advantage, i think this tilts toward
> disavantage in little systems that have a ddr2/3 slot.  you can't
> probe it, and you can't boot unless you have exactly the correct
> memory module.

Ouch. :( At least with the 640K split you knew where the split was.