From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265066AbTLKOxn (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:53:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265084AbTLKOxm (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:53:42 -0500 Received: from zxa8020.lanisdn-gte.net ([206.46.31.146]:14032 "EHLO links.magenta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265066AbTLKOxk (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:53:40 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:53:37 -0500 From: Raul Miller To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Linux 2.6.0-test11 only lets me use 1GB out of 2GB ram. Message-ID: <20031211095337.A22341@links.magenta.com> References: <3FD7FCF5.7030109@cyberone.com.au> <3FD801B3.7080604@wmich.edu> <20031211054111.GX8039@holomorphy.com> <20031211094148.G28449@links.magenta.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20031211094148.G28449@links.magenta.com>; from moth@magenta.com on Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 09:41:48AM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 09:41:48AM -0500, I wrote: > since the dark ages. It's hard for me to comprehend how highmem, or 64 > bit cpus, could have much to do with a 1GB limit. [Well, unless my motherboard really has a problem caching memory above 1GB. But that seems unlikely, since it's the CPU which is acting as the memory controller. In any event, if this is actually the issue, shouldn't the kernel issue a warning message, about why it's ignoring the rest of the memory?] Thanks again, -- Raul Miller moth@magenta.com