From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 24 18:39:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40A2816A401 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:39:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@lizardhill.com) Received: from kermit.lizardhill.com (kermit.lizardhill.com [64.69.41.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD7113C469 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:39:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@lizardhill.com) Received: from ip72-193-85-114.lv.lv.cox.net ([72.193.85.114] helo=mickey) by kermit.lizardhill.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1HgPvg-000NU4-1l for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:39:56 -0700 From: "Don O'Neil" To: References: <01d301c78699$d6a36820$0300020a@mickey> <20070424140528.95287ff4.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:39:46 -0700 Message-ID: <021201c7869f$ee90fd70$0300020a@mickey> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Thread-Index: AceGmymjDVrAWKHYTBWIiG378gEkDQABH5xA In-Reply-To: <20070424140528.95287ff4.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Subject: RE: Memory >3.5GB not used? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:39:54 -0000 Thanks for all who pointed out the obvious PAE option... When I went to rebuild the kernel I got this message: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Werror -D_KERNEL -DKLD_MODULE -nostdinc -I- -DHAVE_KERNEL_OPTION_HEADERS -include /usr/src/sys/i386/compile/KERMIT/opt_global.h -I. -I@ -I@/contrib/altq -I/usr/include -finline-limit=8000 -fno-common -g -I/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/KERMIT -mno-align-long-strings -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -mno-mmx -mno-3dnow -mno-sse -mno-sse2 -ffreestanding -Wall -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wcast-qual -fformat-extensions -std=c99 -c /usr/src/sys/modules/aha/../../dev/aha/aha.c /usr/src/sys/modules/aha/../../dev/aha/aha.c: In function `ahaaction': /usr/src/sys/modules/aha/../../dev/aha/aha.c:848: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/modules/aha. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/modules. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/i386/compile/KERMIT. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Why would it be complaining about the aha module when I have it commented out as a device? -----Original Message----- From: Bill Moran [mailto:wmoran@potentialtech.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:05 AM To: Don O'Neil Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory >3.5GB not used? In response to "Don O'Neil" : > I just built a new server with an Athlon 64 x2, 4GB Ram and a > Gigabyte/Nvidia motherboard. > > When I boot the system up it says on the console that 532888K will be > ignored. > > Of course it isn't put in any of the log files. Dmesg shows this: > > real memory = 3724476416 (3551 MB) > avail memory = 3649908736 (3480 MB) > > Any reason the extra 1/2 GB isn't showing up or usable? Is there > something I need to specify in the kernel to get to the other 1/2 GB? > What if I want to install more than 4GB? This mobo supports up to 16 > GB... Do I need to go to the AMD64 platform to get >4GB? > > I'm running FreeBSD 6.1 i386 SMP kernel. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#PAE -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com