From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 27 04:20:45 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEB2E16A417 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:20:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu (smtp3.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 856CF13C45A for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:20:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (cpe-76-185-121-253.tx.res.rr.com [76.185.121.253]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D33F665507 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:20:44 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:20:42 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <26F3B5E1A6FC015BDA8980FB@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <74CB72FB-0B36-4945-B121-E61E07BAA4F5@CS.UCLA.EDU> References: <46FB2A26.8040507@pacific.net.sg> <74CB72FB-0B36-4945-B121-E61E07BAA4F5@CS.UCLA.EDU> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========79058642372DF4FA63CD==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:20:45 -0000 --==========79058642372DF4FA63CD========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On September 26, 2007 9:06:57 PM -0700 Eric Osterweil=20 wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> Eric Osterweil wrote: >> >>> make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB >>> of it. >>> Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? >>> FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 >> >> this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. >> >> You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. >> >> Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. >> > > Ahh... To do this, do I just specify the CPUTYPE in the /etc/make.conf > as: > CPUTYPE=3Damd64 > ? > No. Add options SMP to GENERIC or use the SMP conf file that's already=20 there (and includes GENERIC). Then recompile the kernel per the handbook. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========79058642372DF4FA63CD==========--