On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 07:29:22AM +0200, Maxime Villard wrote:
> Le 14/06/2017 à 15:34, Joerg Sonnenberger a écrit :
> > On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 12:27:24PM +0000, Maxime Villard wrote:
> > > Module Name:      src
> > > Committed By:     maxv
> > > Date:             Wed Jun 14 12:27:24 UTC 2017
> > > 
> > > Modified Files:
> > >   src/sys/arch/amd64/include: param.h
> > >   src/sys/arch/i386/include: param.h
> > >   src/sys/arch/x86/x86: x86_machdep.c
> > > 
> > > Log Message:
> > > Define MAXPHYSMEM globally.
> > 
> > Given that we have an option called PHYSMEM_MAX_SIZE, I find the name a
> > bit unfortunate.
> 
> Indeed, but they don't mean the same thing: MAXPHYSMEM is the limit of
> the implementation, and PHYSMEM_MAX_SIZE is user-set. I took MAXPHYSMEM
> because there was already MAXIOMEM nearby.

Yes, they have slightly different meaning. But that doesn't make the
name less confusion. If there is no MI reason, maybe PHYSMEM_PMAP_LIMIT?
That would reflect *why* the limit exists as well.

Joerg

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