From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 16 23:07:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E044F106567A for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:07:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 105C18FC0C for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:07:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so2088067fxm.13 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:07:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=wEki4wj9GxyG2SSCUBnm1LEXyhQqUJXNh7HhKS79ZfY=; b=gJ5n4F5FKPzFJJxQT/NdXRACbNcZbg8vcRXHj3W7u0jTwhHk1aIiBEbc72wtOAlxLa cVGoZAhYcy823tfrsHs5nsO/WPcKhgPXbEzc6eRnY/UVTi/K/CQMmtUjQr7e549ZSA3y v+bHFRLHxliIFc5q+MPBM/SU9WfUwQ3jVn/OM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=DfrfJGokMeLol4nvsbjOGKLi8GDfG4Kloil+S/Ri7B1lEULlZsmckCdiVLk0tfipkz GFKS9WmSWiHBlIpm54yyKIsDgXKbaZhuhjBF53m+3d1CMG3Tze4DDWPoJY6BQ3vL6bgX OaFKM/QqXoi9b0spvnsBRaSyqJSW1TdBd4NvE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.6.198 with SMTP id a6mr1686910faa.126.1308265649961; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:07:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.74.198 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:07:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <110DEE0E-92A6-4202-B072-0EC5104B839E@mac.com> References: <20110616141030.0f3dc5f3@dell64> <110DEE0E-92A6-4202-B072-0EC5104B839E@mac.com> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:07:29 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Chuck Swiger Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , Robert Subject: Re: OT: Strange memory reading (hardware) 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: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:07:32 -0000 On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > As for not being able to access all 4GB, this is a FAQ. > If you run a 32-bit system, the top gigabyte or so of address space is > reserved for memory mapped I/O reservations like AGP, PCIe, etc. > > If your hardware is capable of running in 64-bit mode, do that. > If the issue is present at POST, then it's not related to the FAQ you are referring too. In that case, the only fix I'm aware of it to update the BIOS which isn't always possible. -- Adam Vande More