Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:13:51 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: FreeBSD-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with AMD64 and 8 GB RAM? Message-ID: <20050330224351.GV84137@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <424B288D.80303@samsco.org> References: <20050330222439.GU84137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <424B288D.80303@samsco.org>
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--HKOZ/JADkehwFk9I Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 30 March 2005 at 15:30:37 -0700, Scott Long wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> I've recently acquired an AMD64 box ... >> >> What's unstable? ... The amd64 5.4-PRERELEASE kernel just >> hangs/freezes. > > 5.3-RELEASE has a lot of problems with >4GB due to busdma issues. > Those should no longer be an issue in RELENG_5, including 5.4-PRE. They appear to be. >> I realize that this isn't enough to diagnose the problem. The reason >> for this message now is to ask: >> >> 3. Where should I look next? > > You'll need to dig in and provide some more details, I guess. Yes, my guess too. > I have an HDAMA dual Opteron system that behaves fine now with 8GB > of RAM, so your problem might lie with particular hardware and/or > drivers. As I described, it doesn't appear to be the drivers. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --HKOZ/JADkehwFk9I Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCSyunIubykFB6QiMRAk78AJ9E/ZVmvOXdaXisc9acZ53S9miVBgCeKjV6 M6j6ZNR80tIaoCjVGTeHXx0= =WgK7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HKOZ/JADkehwFk9I--
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