From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 10:51:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BECC816A41F for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:51:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47D9143D45 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:51:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 10518 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2005 21:51:36 +1100 Received: from andromeda.lef.com.au (HELO ?10.168.101.24?) (210.8.93.2) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 8 Nov 2005 21:51:36 +1100 Message-ID: <4370832E.5070608@meijome.net> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:51:26 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Long References: <436F69DB.8060408@samsco.org> <436FD27E.1050802@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <436FD27E.1050802@samsco.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-amd64 List Subject: Re: amd64 does not see all 4 GB RAM on tyan GT24 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 10:51:37 -0000 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