Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:51:26 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64 List <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: amd64 does not see all 4 GB RAM on tyan GT24 Message-ID: <4370832E.5070608@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <436FD27E.1050802@samsco.org> References: <b41c75520511070648v5d438bf7y@mail.gmail.com> <436F69DB.8060408@samsco.org> <b41c75520511070731i15017f97i@mail.gmail.com> <436FD27E.1050802@samsco.org>
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Scott Long wrote: > Claus Guttesen wrote: > >>>> Just received a Tyan GT24 with a S2891 board. In the >>>> bios-setup-utility the board has 4 GB RAM, but when FreeBSD 6.0 >>>> release boot it only recognizes 3 GB. Dmesg: >>> >>> >>> Please send the verbose boot output, specifically the lines that >>> mention 'SMAP'. >> >> >> >> Did a verbose boot but no lines mentioning SMAP. Verbose dmes is >> attached. >> >> regards >> Claus > > > Not sure why the SMAP lines didn't get printed out. Anyways, check your > BIOS for a setting related to PCI-Express. Some motherboards allow you > to reclaim the 256MB hole that PCI-Express consumes. That should help > your problem at least a little bit. For what is worth, boot -v DOES show the SMAP info, but dmesg doesn't shoow them. I'll try to get this info somehow, as i don't have a s/console on this box. thanks, Beto
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