From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 21 00:33:12 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7218A16A41F for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:33:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eculp@bafirst.com) Received: from bafirst.com (72-12-2-214.wan.networktel.net [72.12.2.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 906FE43D46 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:33:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eculp@bafirst.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by bafirst.com with local; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:33:09 -0600 id 0009580F.438115C5.000017CF Received: from local1 (local1 [192.168.1.1]) by mail.bafirst.com (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:33:09 -0600 Message-ID: <20051120183309.ysgk624asksckwow@mail.bafirst.com> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:33:09 -0600 From: eculp@bafirst.com To: current@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 4.1-cvs Cc: Subject: avail memory is short by 1G on my FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE MP Dell X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:33:12 -0000 Yesterday I did the full cvsup, build and install world, kernel, mergemaster, etc. on a 6.0-stable MP (2) Dell restarted and noticed on this mornings security run that it is only seeing 3G of the 4G that the box actually has (confirmed by the bios and physically). This is not something new, I saw it on the initial install but it slipped my mind because I had a non-technical doing the initial install over skype. If I had been there I would probably done a bios upgrade to see if that was the problem, but I'm in another country. kernel log messages: +++ /tmp/security.mNF3wyIb Sun Nov 20 03:07:10 2005 +FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #65: Sat Nov 19 03:58:47 CST 2005 +ACPI APIC Table: +avail memory = 3151134720 (3005 MB) I've never seen this memory issue for years. Could there be a solution through configuration of the kernel, sysctl, etc.? Any and all suggestions appreciated. Thanks, ed P.S. A copy of the dmesg is at http://unixmania.com/dmesg_20051120.txt don't have a verbose one.:(