From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 9 19:36:16 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD384B60 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2014 19:36:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yk0-x233.google.com (mail-yk0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c07::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75C1199F for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2014 19:36:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yk0-f179.google.com with SMTP id 19so565329ykq.24 for ; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:36:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=VUgULDRzHdCNpCknh5pwFDetrZVPeyGbYDE3hTfxjxo=; b=I0Ewwf4lh6/NTJ4SS8To1IqZ1T/Xxeb3HRTefkLYpShiHZ2vlKtEz0PHYW5kbvIHZg Bhl5GjrHEIDgYDsa+57scSqX2GmywalVX/mgZ/UfPPnhSyNVVjiA5/Ri+kIthLBCXvzC xj6CpOgqwAaqkW4xHqp0ykf08Jpdkx4akc9Kik0O8XN7Yjpxm8UTl3nSQZk0Sotracsr JiZLUQH0M00KC5hSk6c99naJYYlQjTDQUfkxZCXotjTO2pX5Obiqqf9foqOvsPS3tukc wXs2+Of6B5ymR5YNfmwYYvLjISDzdRJ5mGLeA6RjFfMsn68i3DiapNW2+te3akKfzjay h85g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.170.90.68 with SMTP id h65mr66878yka.94.1418153775430; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:36:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.170.90.131 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Dec 2014 11:36:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <33800656-9F95-489B-9A0B-72102C685E6D@3geeks.org> References: <54871680.6060705@sentex.net> <33800656-9F95-489B-9A0B-72102C685E6D@3geeks.org> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 11:36:15 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Real vs available memory From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Daniel Mayfield Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:36:16 -0000 On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Daniel Mayfield wrote: > Run this command: > > sysctl -a | egrep -i 'hw.machine|hw.model|hw.ncpu=E2=80=99 > > If you see =E2=80=9Camd64=E2=80=9D in there, you want the 64 bit (amd64) = version of > FreeBSD. If you don=E2=80=99t, you=E2=80=99re out of luck. > > Dan > > On 9Dec 2014, at 11:00, Frank Seltzer wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Dec 2014, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > >> On 12/9/2014 10:19 AM, Frank Seltzer wrote: > >>> I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 that came with 4 gigs of memory. I hav= e > >>> added another 4 gigs but there is a problem using it. The system BIO= S > >>> sees the additional 4 gigs and apparently so does FreeBSD but I get > this > >>> during boot. > >>> real memory =3D 8589934592 (8192 MB) > >>> avail memory =3D 3400794112 (3243 MB) > >>> How do I get use of the full 8 gigs? > >> > >> > >> What does > >> uname -a > >> show ? Are you by chance running i386 inadvertently ? > >> > >> ---Mike > > > > FreeBSD xxx.xxx.xxx 10.1-STABLE FreeBSD 10.1-STABLE #0 r275606: Mon Dec > 8 14:36:16 EST 2014 frank_s@xxx.xxx.xxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > > > Should I be running something else? > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > If "amd54" does not appear , i386 PAE ( which is 36 bits means up to 64 Giga Bytes ) may be used . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk