In the last episode (Nov 20), Paul Saab said: > Dan Nelson wrote: > >In the last episode (Nov 20), Paul Saab said: > >>Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > >>>I assume you are talking about the "phenomenon" of RAM "missing" > >>>due to PCI and other I/O mapping into the 4GB address space? What > >>>struck me about the OP is that the amount of RAM "missing" is more > >>>than I have ever seen due to this. My systems are usually > >>>3.4-3.6GB of RAM with 4GB installed, not 2.86GB (3005MB)... So > >>>are we sure that the PCI space mapping is the problem? > >> > >>Enable PAE and you'll get all your ram. > > > >Anyone know if it's possible for the kernel to determine if any RAM > >is mapped above the 4gb point and warn the user about how much > >memory is unaccessable without PAE? > > You mean like it does now? > "262144K of memory above 4GB ignored" That line didn't show up the the original poster's dmesg, though ( http://unixmania.com/dmesg_20051120.txt ). Maybe a verbose boot would shed more light. -- Dan Nelson dnelson_at_allantgroup.comReceived on Mon Nov 21 2005 - 02:40:28 UTC
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