From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 17:28:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18FB41065675 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:28:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jpaetzel@freebsd.org) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8DA28FC26 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:28:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 567B9558; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:13:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:13:16 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=from:to:subject:date:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; s=smtpout; bh=UD6hkaaL/mcyxT344SwMblFkO+M=; b=N0CkOwP0CpxEEbLGtFPKKiXLld8n/PGuyj3KTSSmb24Lh/dkH811dmrAf2tqnIcCNgJBM3ivedHGBky7khSwNdC2pfuassNxinzY610he5lapFLXaR9oLCPdyws3IOp2t5rt3zFXcgU/J9w5G4a5xCgzSCgFQlyXJPasXzNOBgA= X-Sasl-enc: 0WQOo0ZfTGD2PnzdZ+CtZG1RgiK1jHlOb1lekL3HcxZ2 1282237995 Received: from ix.tcbug.org (74-34-20-9.dr01.rsmt.mn.frontiernet.net [74.34.20.9]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DF81C408597; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:13:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Josh Paetzel To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:13:07 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/9.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.4.5; amd64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: Organization: FreeBSD MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart7166021.fpoUPUCS5e"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201008191213.13413.jpaetzel@freebsd.org> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:41:41 +0000 Cc: Denis Melnikov Subject: Re: Does ULE restrict available RAM? X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:28:26 -0000 --nextPart7166021.fpoUPUCS5e Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday 19 August 2010 04:03:40 Denis Melnikov wrote: > Hi! > 7.0-RELEASE (amd64) > RAM 33 GB (8*4096+2*512) > 2 quad-core Xeons >=20 > The server ran GENERIC kernel with 4BSD scheduler earlier. When loaded > with ULE scheduler it has missed 8GB. >=20 > dmesg: > usable memory =3D 26829983744 (25587 MB) > avail memory =3D 25999904768 (24795 MB) >=20 > # dmidecode -t 17 | grep Size > Size: 512 MB > Size: 4096 MB > Size: No Module Installed > Size: 512 MB > Size: 4096 MB > Size: No Module Installed > Size: 4096 MB > Size: 4096 MB > Size: No Module Installed > Size: 4096 MB > Size: 4096 MB > Size: No Module Installed >=20 > It looks like BIOS-level problem, but... maybe ULE restricts RAM? >=20 > Hopefully, > Denis How much RAM does the BIOS report present? =2D-=20 Thanks, Josh Paetzel =46reeBSD -- The power to serve --nextPart7166021.fpoUPUCS5e Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJMbWYpAAoJEKFq1/n1feG2ML0IANRqjBBFPPbj2or6SYzFsiUJ xdmOkGgNDRy4tpWcMOaziWoyU73Hann6IdgG3FoIngSMSyw5d0EtPX+I54kdsvR4 CwyNWPg99jgQ+85345BMzLh3mAa3773HruFv4Sx1rzhPuuKCH+ZOC+OznOZoMHXk kkT4idL08t30cCZ2TfeJcqQf1rrLGF4DXUkrU0oBeqzgYpRuQuOcUGnTSqP7tpJq 0OdXr1B1f64Hs3fur+JGfx8JtQlLXPiZi7e0SOGdU0/XChf28R1Y0SBBBBEnAfyG as8X4ZVZo3B0i3Ukll9DykDZ8VPsRolHE0i2a93eToERmeT8vUk8wvLK29s/ozU= =VEeg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart7166021.fpoUPUCS5e--