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Date:      Sat, 9 Oct 2004 20:02:26 +0200
From:      Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To:        Arun Sharma <arun.sharma@intel.com>
Cc:        Mark Linimon <linimon@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ia64/72128: 5.3-beta6 doesn't boot
Message-ID:  <20041009180225.GE13195@suse.de>
In-Reply-To: <41673488.6000209@intel.com>
References:  <200410080602.i9862nYp081905@freefall.freebsd.org> <41670570.2080109@intel.com> <41673488.6000209@intel.com>

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On Fri, Oct 08 2004, Arun Sharma wrote:
> On 10/8/2004 2:24 PM, Arun Sharma wrote:
> >On 10/7/2004 11:02 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
> >
> >>This may be processor-specific.
> >>
> >>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=72128
> >
> >
> >I just tested that the 5.3-beta7 works fine on a 4 way Tiger with 1GB 
> >RAM. I don't think there have been critical bug fixes between beta6 and 
> >beta7 that affect the tiger. Also, on a 4GB machine, FreeBSD ignores RAM 
> >above 1GB.
> 
> I meant to say FreeBSD ignores RAM above 4GB physical. So depending on your 
> memory map, this may or may not be a problem.

I can verify my memory map in Linux, I'll send it in on the next boot.

-- 
Jens Axboe



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