gencgc: scale generation.bytes_consed_between_gc to number of gens

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 changes relative to sbcl-1.0.56:
+  * enhancement: FASL loading no longer grabs the world-lock.
   * enhancement: GENCGC reclaims space more aggressively when objects being
     allocated are a large fraction of the total available heap space.
     (lp#936304)
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ changes relative to sbcl-1.0.56:
   * bug fix: miscompilation of LDB on the PowerPC platform.  (thanks to Bruce
     O'Neel)
   * bug fix: better input error reporting for COMPILE-FILE. (lp#493380)
+  * bug fix: default size of non-nursery generations has been shrunk on GENCGC,
+    allowing faster release of memory back to the OS. (lp#991293)
   * documentation:
     ** improved docstrings: REPLACE (lp#965592)