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Date:      Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:17:01 +0100
From:      Daniel Rock <freebsd@deadcafe.de>
To:        "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: avail memory is short by 1G on my FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE MP Dell
Message-ID:  <4382475D.6080202@deadcafe.de>
In-Reply-To: <1513AD48-E08F-4670-A82B-E8D2D363F1E9@shire.net>
References:  <20051120183309.ysgk624asksckwow@mail.bafirst.com>	<20051121004749.GA39061@xor.obsecurity.org>	<43812AC7.3020506@rogers.com>	<20051121020816.GA19252@xor.obsecurity.org> <C033B3B6-12A3-4428-A6B4-B51C6B09EB26@shire.net> <4381FE62.5040208@deadcafe.de> <1513AD48-E08F-4670-A82B-E8D2D363F1E9@shire.net>

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Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC schrieb:
 > Yes, but in your case the real memory is > 4gb so of course the  amount
 > mapped would be less.  I have never seen on any of my  motherboards, >
 > 1Gb getting mapped when the physical memory is only 4GB

The real memory is *exactly* 4GB. The FreeBSD boot messages are confusing:
"real memory" just means "highest memory location".


Daniel



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