From: Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org>
To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: Frederic TEMPORELLI <frederic.temporelli@laposte.net>
Subject: Re: SGI O2 - RAM 320MBytes - linux reports 245MBytes (/proc/meminfo)
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 07:29:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41C57431.8000900@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41C556C3.401@laposte.net>
Frederic TEMPORELLI wrote:
> Hello,
>
> no way to see (use ?) all available RAM (320MB) on SGI O2 with
> 2.6.10-rc3 (latest cvs)
>
> Hardware => SGI O2 with 320MBytes in this way:
> dimm 1: 32MBytes - dimm2: 32MBytes
> dimm 3: 32MBytes - dimm4: 32MBytes
> dimm 5: 32MBytes - dimm6: 32MBytes
> dimm 7: 64MBytes - dimm8: 64MBytes
>
> Firmware => "hinv" is reporting 320MBytes (OK, match hardware)
>
> Linux Kernel (32 and 64 bits) => /proc/meminfo is reporting a MemTotal
> of 245436KB
> "top" command is reporting same wrong value (more than 64MB missing)
>
> where can I look for in sources to report/use all available RAM ?
> can you help me ?
O2, like Indy and I2/R4x00, are limited to 256MB max RAM currently. To see
any further, O2 needs HIGHMEM support, which last I checked, doesn't exist.
Patches welcome :)
--Kumba
--
"Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small
hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere."
--Elrond
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2004-12-19 10:24 ` SGI O2 - RAM 320MBytes - linux reports 245MBytes (/proc/meminfo) Frederic TEMPORELLI
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