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   NAME
	AvailMem -- memory available given certain requirements

   SYNOPSIS
	size = AvailMem(attributes)
	D0		D1

	ULONG AvailMem(ULONG);

   FUNCTION
	This function returns the amount of free memory given certain
	attributes.

	To find out what the largest block of a particular type is, add
	MEMF_LARGEST into the requirements argument.  Returning the largest
	block is a slow operation.

   WARNING
	Due to the effect of multitasking, the value returned may not
	actually be the amount of free memory available at that instant.

   INPUTS
	requirements - a requirements mask as specified in AllocMem.  Any
		       of the AllocMem bits are valid, as is MEMF_LARGEST
		       which returns the size of the largest block matching
		       the requirements.

   RESULT
	size - total free space remaining (or the largest free block).

   NOTE
	For V36 Exec, AvailMem(MEMF_LARGEST) does a consistency check on
	the memory list.  Alert AN_MemoryInsane will be pulled if any mismatch
	is noted.

   EXAMPLE
	AvailMem(MEMF_CHIP|MEMF_LARGEST);
	/* return size of largest available chip memory chunk */

   SEE ALSO
	exec/memory.h