CompuServe Thread

Memory nodes

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#22523From: Quinten Martens [CSGR]Apr 13, 1992 7:30 AM
I've got a real problem here. I Only have 512 K of Chipmem. When my A500 has finished booting I hav about 250K of chipmem free. I think the problem is that my ramexpansion is not auto-configurable (It's self-built). I configure the memory with a program that simply adds a memnode into exec's lists. At the time of booting, however there is no Fastmem. Probably exec puts some vectors and stuctures in chipmem but I can't imagine exec needing roughly 260K for all that. I tried to configure the Fastmem by using the coldcapture vector but so far I haven't succeeded. Any ideas? — Quinten
#22547From: Don Curtis/SYSOPApr 14, 1992 12:27 AM
Quinten, Move your program that adds the memory to the top of the startup-sequence; however, be aware, that some things simply must go into CHIP RAM such as the display lists. Don
#22558From: Quinten Martens [CSGR]Apr 14, 1992 6:21 AM
Don, that program is the second line in my startup-sequence. The thing is, that lots of chipmem is being used the system. So What I'm looking for is a program that will bind my memory into the system to survive a reset so that the system will find it before booting and put it's stuff in there. (Hints of how to accomplish this would also do.) — Quinten
#22604From: Don Curtis/SYSOPApr 16, 1992 1:08 AM
Quinten, The only thing that I know of that will "bind" the memory before bootup is autoconfig…and as you say, your board doesn't have that. Don