From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 03:19:55 2004 Return-Path: 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 9B1B516A4CE; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 03:19:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BBA543D2F; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 03:19:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i9T3Jsr3014087; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:19:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9T3JpSi014086; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:19:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:19:51 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Ganbold Message-ID: <20041029031951.GA13963@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <6.1.2.0.2.20041027095212.02b38560@202.179.0.80> <20041027024512.GA54432@dragon.nuxi.com> <6.1.2.0.2.20041027111122.02b3cc20@202.179.0.80> <20041027165534.GA73113@dragon.nuxi.com> <6.1.2.0.2.20041028101119.02b18950@202.179.0.80> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.2.20041028101119.02b18950@202.179.0.80> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: scottl@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 problem on Dual AMD64 2.2GHz with 8GB RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 03:19:55 -0000 On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 10:18:11AM +0900, Ganbold wrote: > >> >An IBM e325 has only 6 DIMM slots, specifically what RAM configuration > >> >are you using? Do you have ECC turned on? Are using DRAM scrubbing? > >> >What is your BIOS memory interleaving settings? > >> > >> I have 2GB x 4 = 8GB RAM and ECC is turned on and I have following > >> settings in BIOS: > > > >By chance, have you tried both with 4GB per CPU and with all 8GB on one > >CPU? Did it make a difference? > > You mean kernel compiled without SMP options? No. You have 6 DIMM slots and 4 DIMM's. So there are two ways to install the memory -- CPU0 gets all 4 DIMM's; or CPU0 gets 2 DIMM's and CPU1 gets 2 DIMM's. > >> 4GB Memory Hole adjust -> AUTO > > > >I would turn this off (disable). > > This has only 2 options, AUTO and Manual. If I select Manual, I have to > adjust 4GB memory hole size, which > has 64mb, 128mb, 256mb, 512mb, 1gb options. What should I choose? Go with AUTO then. You don't want anything special happening. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)