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From: weikart@arisia.Xerox.COM (Scott Weikart)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: can Sys. V Rel. 3.2 support > 16MB RAM when can only DMA to <= 16MB?
Summary: Correction to my original posting: swap devices can't be remote
	 version of RFS included with 386/ix 2.0
Message-ID: <9630@arisia.Xerox.COM>
Date: 3 Jun 90 02:46:41 GMT
References: <9628@arisia.Xerox.COM>
Organization: Xerox PARC
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In article <9628@arisia.Xerox.COM>, weikart@arisia.Xerox.COM (Scott Weikart) writes:
> 
> But can V.3.2 handle a swap partition on a
> remote machine?

I just read the "386/ix Network Connections Facilities Release Notes - Release
2.0".  The next to last item in the list of bugs is "Swap devices cannot be
remote...".  So much for that idea.  How about my other idea: will the kernel
support the MEMRANGE no-DMA parameter in /etc/default/boot without any
assistance from the disk driver?
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Scott Weikart
Community Data Processing (415)322-9069
weikart@arisia.xerox.com  pyramid!cdp!scott