From nobody Tue Jan 3 14:18:24 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4NmZY506L4z2nlW3 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 14:16:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eivinde@terraplane.org) Received: from smtp.domeneshop.no (smtp.domeneshop.no [IPv6:2a01:5b40:0:3006::1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NmZY35rXxz3HfJ for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 14:16:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eivinde@terraplane.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=terraplane.org header.s=ds202212 header.b=bzRh2rUq; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of eivinde@terraplane.org designates 2a01:5b40:0:3006::1 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=eivinde@terraplane.org; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=terraplane.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=terraplane.org; s=ds202212; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender :Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=C6lmU+pU45wiyq8N6StJh5lzsZ+r3+2sqj2jVi6BQSM=; b=bzRh2rUqXT1kFZ94IN7hXgBH5O EsJ3Td0qRA1j0+fVIY5UPzNg5Xci9Fchp7o+nT9kuAr49bCy1BlVtVx3shDgnVLeS8b5wAWHPAZld ZVRhJKDNwptnnSzxw5Zo7VqCIF7dPBqxUmnLgcB03g6wgDCyqJF6CLK+HEsjRaE/h+rUBBYYm/3Kl hxk9+SX6uoyRyQKkmNNRfrCUYe6gcRn2taJt1Xgj0ymTsni8P2oJdOOooD+qEONeCwscl0vLwn7i7 sgm1qNuBxXLBeGwvgeorsZ0LwvC+KeNucHjbxaBFwBpSroeMd/+ljoExNdUCPYtdsyrsU0pA7MEHP Ua0rALNQ==; Received: from ti0027q160-4408.bb.online.no ([46.9.98.108]:5142 helo=elg.hjerdalen.lokalnett) by smtp.domeneshop.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1pCi5i-004i3M-Qp; Tue, 03 Jan 2023 15:16:35 +0100 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2023 15:18:24 +0100 From: Eivind Nicolay Evensen To: Eugene Grosbein Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory question Message-ID: <20230103151824.196420f1@elg.hjerdalen.lokalnett> In-Reply-To: <20230103143716.703d42ca@elg.hjerdalen.lokalnett> References: <20230103140404.5f71b0ad@elg.hjerdalen.lokalnett> <20230103143716.703d42ca@elg.hjerdalen.lokalnett> List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[terraplane.org,none]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[terraplane.org:s=ds202212]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a01:5b40:0:2000::/51]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-stable@freebsd.org]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:12996, ipnet:2a01:5b40::/48, country:NO]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[terraplane.org:+]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4NmZY35rXxz3HfJ X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N Den Tue, 3 Jan 2023 14:37:16 +0100 skrev Eivind Nicolay Evensen : > Den Tue, 3 Jan 2023 20:09:14 +0700 > skrev Eugene Grosbein : > > > 03.01.2023 20:04, Eivind Nicolay Evensen wrote: > > > > > This might be more related to a bios setting or issue, but I hope > > > somebody can give me hints in the right direction to remedy or > > > at least diagnose this issue further. > > > > > > I installed more memory in one machine and now I see this > > > in dmesg: > > > > > > real memory = 25769803776 (24576 MB) > > > avail memory = 8237150208 (7855 MB) > > > > > > Real should be right, from before there were two 4 GB dimms in > > > there, and I inserted two more 8 GB ones. > > > > > > Transcribed from BIOS: > > > > > > DIMM(s) 1 2 > > > 3 4 Installed Size 8192 > > > 8192 4096 4096 Enabled > > > Size 8192 8192 > > > 4096 4096 Total Size 24576 > > > > > > I was wondering if the reason could be that this machine has been > > > updated since older versions and bootloader may be old or > > > whatever, so I also tried booting a linux. However, that also > > > only uses 8 GB, and says (at least in a way I understand) less > > > about what it can really see. > > > > > > This is amd64 FreeBSD 13.1. > > > > > > Is there any way I can use the rest of the memory? Or at least > > > find out which dimms it is actually using? > > > > I was in similar situation once. There was Atom-based hardware setup > > with CPU not having embedded memory controller; instead, it used > > memory controller on motherboard. That memory controller had similar > > limitation. One cannot overcome it. > > > > You should specify your hardware. > > > > > > Thanks for the comments. > > Here's the dmesg: I received a private reply that dmidecode would be of better help. Since the output is rather large I put it here: http://www.stigaas.no/m/dmi.txt -- Eivind Nicolay Evensen