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Date:      Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:53:41 -0800
From:      Paul Saab <ps@freebsd.org>
To:        "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: avail memory is short by 1G on my FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE MP Dell
Message-ID:  <438136B5.9030506@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <C033B3B6-12A3-4428-A6B4-B51C6B09EB26@shire.net>
References:  <20051120183309.ysgk624asksckwow@mail.bafirst.com>	<20051121004749.GA39061@xor.obsecurity.org>	<43812AC7.3020506@rogers.com>	<20051121020816.GA19252@xor.obsecurity.org> <C033B3B6-12A3-4428-A6B4-B51C6B09EB26@shire.net>

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Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
> I assume you are talking about the "phenomenon"  of RAM "missing" due 
> to PCI and other I/O mapping into the 4GB address space?  What struck 
> me about the OP is that the amount of RAM "missing" is more than I 
> have ever seen due to this.  My systems are usually 3.4-3.6GB of RAM 
> with 4GB installed, not 2.86GB (3005MB)...  So are we sure that the 
> PCI space mapping is the problem?
>
Enable PAE and you'll get all your ram.



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