27 May
2010
27 May
'10
9:10 p.m.
On 05/27/2010 02:07 PM, Timur Tabi wrote:
Scott Wood wrote:
Passing the actual, known size of RAM (why guess when we know?) as "maxsize" should eliminate the machine check problem[1] -- you'd just be using it as a not particularly exhaustive memory tester. I don't see why it should be mandatory.
The purpose of get_ram_size() is to verify the "known size of RAM". That is, once you think you know how much RAM there is, you ask get_ram_size() to verify that claim.
It would still (sort of) verify that you don't have less than you claim. Attempting to experimentally determine whether you have more than you claim is dangerous.
-Scott