Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:04:44 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problems with AMD64 and 8 GB RAM? Message-ID: <424B308C.7070506@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20050330224351.GV84137@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20050330222439.GU84137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <424B288D.80303@samsco.org> <20050330224351.GV84137@wantadilla.lemis.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > 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 don't understand what you mean here. > >>>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. I don't see how you proved or disproved this. Scott
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?424B308C.7070506>