Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:31:41 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: dieterbsd@engineer.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD reports incorrect amount of memory Message-ID: <4e01540d.67/OLosOxdvOzi/z%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20110621212701.9550@gmx.com> References: <20110621212701.9550@gmx.com>
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"Dieter BSD" <dieterbsd@engineer.com> wrote: > Machine has been running FreeBSD/amd64 with 2 GiB of memory. > I just installed a 2nd 2 GiB of memory for 4 GiB total. > FreeBSD thinks it now has 32 GiB ??? > > FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #22: Tue Jun ??7 12:37:21 PDT 2011 > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (1808.34-MHz K8-class CPU) > real memory ??= 34359738368 (32768 MB) > avail memory = 3614437376 (3446 MB) It seems to be only the "real memory" value, and not the "avail memory", that's out of touch with reality. Wild guess dept: Your new 2 GiB has gotten mapped as [30,32) GiB rather than as [2,4) GiB, and "real memory" is reporting the first unpopulated address above the highest installed range.
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