From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 12 20:19:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ADC51065698 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:19:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 925798FC16 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:19:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from park.js.berklix.net (p549A44E0.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.68.224]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o7CKJ4du047639; Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:19:05 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by park.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o7CKIxJc006655; Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:18:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o7CKIc06020329; Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:18:43 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201008122018.o7CKIc06020329@fire.js.berklix.net> To: hackers@freebsd.org From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:22:22 +0200." <201008111822.o7BIMM1R053210@fire.js.berklix.net> Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:18:38 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: Julian Elischer , Paul Wootton Subject: Re: real memory falsely reports 8G, BIOS & avail memory reports 1G X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:19:19 -0000 > dmidecode --type memory # /usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode/ > shows this laptop not returning good output, just > # dmidecode 2.10 > SMBIOS 2.3 present. > > Wrong DMI structures count: 43 announced, only 23 decoded. After cold reboot, though dmesg still weird: real memory = 8572108800 (8175 MB) Physical memory chunk(s): 0x0000000000001000 - 0x000000000009bfff, 634880 bytes (155 pages) 0x0000000000f1a000 - 0x000000003e19ffff, 1026056192 bytes (250502 pages) avail memory = 1018191872 (971 MB) dmidecode now gives more info (maybe new libs), but dmidecode output still weird, some extracts below, full version at http://berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/novatech-8355/dmidecode/ I've asked Novatech about a new BIOS for this MiTAC laptop. Handle 0x0013, DMI type 16, 15 bytes Physical Memory Array Use: System Memory Maximum Capacity: 256 MB Error Information Handle: 0x001A Number Of Devices: 2 Handle 0x0017, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0013 Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 2047 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: DRAM Slot 0 Bank Locator: Banks 0/1 Type: DRAM Type Detail: EDO Handle 0x0018, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0013 Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 2048 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: DRAM Slot 1 Bank Locator: Banks 2/3 Type: DRAM Type Detail: EDO Handle 0x0019, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0013 Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 4080 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: Unknown Locator: DRAM Slot 2 Bank Locator: Banks 4/5 Type: DRAM Type Detail: EDO Handle 0x001B, DMI type 19, 15 bytes Memory Array Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x000400003FF Range Size: 1048577 kB Handle 0x001C, DMI type 20, 19 bytes Memory Device Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x1FFFFFFFFFF Range Size: 2048 GB Handle 0x001D, DMI type 20, 19 bytes Memory Device Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x20000000000 Ending Address: 0x3FFFFFFFFFF Range Size: 2048 GB Handle 0x001E, DMI type 20, 19 bytes Memory Device Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x3FBFFFFFFFF Range Size: 4080 GB Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey: BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail in plain text, Not HTML, quoted-printable & base 64 dumped with spam. Avoid top posting, It cripples itemised cumulative responses.