From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 10:23:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2752F37B401 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 10:23:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp4.server.rpi.edu (smtp4.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5870143F3F for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 10:23:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp4.server.rpi.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4UHNrPx015837 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 13:23:54 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: drosih@mail.rpi.edu Message-Id: Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 13:23:53 -0400 To: sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG From: Garance A Drosihn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.28 Subject: Question on system memory, ultra-5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 17:23:56 -0000 I have an ultra-5 that I'm using for freebsd/sparc64. Some lines from dmesg: FreeBSD 5.1-BETA #0: Thu May 29 12:41:58 EDT 2003 root@shine-on.netel.rpi.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/Ultra10-GAD Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0440000. Timecounter "tick" frequency 300000000 Hz real memory = 108290048 (103 MB) avail memory = 100139008 (95 MB) cpu0: Sun Microsystems UltraSparc-IIi Processor (300.00 MHz CPU) Now, when the system boots up, the initial hardware startup message claims the machine has 128 meg of memory. Why does freebsd think there's only 103 meg? Could that suggest some bad memory chips? -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu