From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 21 22:43:16 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 5D67A16A41F for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 22:43:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@deadcafe.de) Received: from deadcafe.de (deadcafe.de [81.169.162.144]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10C6143D45 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 22:43:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@deadcafe.de) Received: from dialin.t-online.de (p54A5E60B.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.230.11]) by deadcafe.de (8.13.4+Sun/8.13.4/Rock) with ESMTP id jALMhBoj024323 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:43:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from [172.23.7.254] (doom.rock.net [172.23.7.254]) by dialin.t-online.de (8.13.4+Sun/8.13.4/Rock) with ESMTP id jALMh6aN003445; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:43:06 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43824D7A.2050208@deadcafe.de> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:43:06 +0100 From: Daniel Rock User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" References: <20051120183309.ysgk624asksckwow@mail.bafirst.com> <20051121004749.GA39061@xor.obsecurity.org> <43812AC7.3020506@rogers.com> <20051121020816.GA19252@xor.obsecurity.org> <4381FE62.5040208@deadcafe.de> <1513AD48-E08F-4670-A82B-E8D2D363F1E9@shire.net> <4382475D.6080202@deadcafe.de> <3FBF10CD-D4A1-4B00-B84E-4E113F50F0A6@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <3FBF10CD-D4A1-4B00-B84E-4E113F50F0A6@shire.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.5 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on deadcafe.de X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 03:05:31 +0000 Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 22:43:16 -0000 Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC schrieb: > > On Nov 21, 2005, at 3:17 PM, Daniel Rock wrote: > >> Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC schrieb: >> > Yes, but in your case the real memory is > 4gb so of course the >> amount >> > mapped would be less. I have never seen on any of my motherboards, > >> > 1Gb getting mapped when the physical memory is only 4GB >> >> The real memory is *exactly* 4GB. The FreeBSD boot messages are >> confusing: >> "real memory" just means "highest memory location". > > > Your real "physical" memory showed in the examples (which I have since > deleted) to be in the 5000 or 6000MB range if I read it correctly Should I repeat my explanation: The real memory is *exactly* 4GB. The FreeBSD boot messages are confusing: "real memory" just means "highest memory location". Daniel