Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:20:42 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory Message-ID: <26F3B5E1A6FC015BDA8980FB@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <74CB72FB-0B36-4945-B121-E61E07BAA4F5@CS.UCLA.EDU> References: <DF52D4C2-523B-48E4-957A-01FB81C80FC3@CS.UCLA.EDU> <46FB2A26.8040507@pacific.net.sg> <74CB72FB-0B36-4945-B121-E61E07BAA4F5@CS.UCLA.EDU>
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--==========79058642372DF4FA63CD========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On September 26, 2007 9:06:57 PM -0700 Eric Osterweil=20 <eoster@CS.UCLA.EDU> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> Eric Osterweil wrote: >> >>> make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB >>> of it. >>> Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? >>> FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 >> >> this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. >> >> You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. >> >> Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. >> > > Ahh... To do this, do I just specify the CPUTYPE in the /etc/make.conf > as: > CPUTYPE=3Damd64 > ? > No. Add options SMP to GENERIC or use the SMP conf file that's already=20 there (and includes GENERIC). Then recompile the kernel per the handbook. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========79058642372DF4FA63CD==========--
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