[OpenBIOS] Sparc64 memory allocation problem

Andreas Färber andreas.faerber at web.de
Thu Aug 26 00:44:28 CEST 2010


Am 25.08.2010 um 21:31 schrieb Tarl Neustaedter:

> My recollection is that OpenBoot on SPARC allocates the _top_ of  
> memory for its own use.

That would match Apple's OpenFirmware on PowerPC.

> It does not report this as available memory to Solaris, which is why  
> there isn't a conflict.

Could you define "report this as available memory" please? Physical?  
Virtual? In some particular OF node/property?

Andreas



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