From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 10 07:36:36 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1419D16A4CE for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:36:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAF0A43D6A for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:36:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C3B6672DD4; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:36:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1B3A72DCB; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:36:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:36:35 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Martin Nilsson In-Reply-To: <422E0974.1060100@mullet.se> Message-ID: <20050309233554.U53915@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <422E0974.1060100@mullet.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-Stable & Dual Opteron with 12GB memory! X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:36:36 -0000 On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Martin Nilsson wrote: > Anybody running a recent 5.3-stable amd64 on a box with lots of memory, > and does it work? > > From very brief testing a Dual Opteron with 12GB memory just reboots > when the kenel probes devices. SATA disks on built in SiL 3114 > controller. 5.3-stable from yesterday compiled with -O, the system works > with 8GB memory. > > Have anybody else got a similar system working? There was a known problem with 5.3-RELEASE and >4GB RAM. As you found, 5.3-stable has the fix, as well as 5.3-RELEASE-p5. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org