From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IA64 memory
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:57:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050220155743.GA32640@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <851caabb05020220513945437@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 04:48:50PM +0530, Vaibhav Sharma wrote:
> The memory map from efi is also defined for locations more than that
> which is available (I had 6GB of RAM on the machine, but the memory
> map covered addresses more than 6GB). I could not understand why it
> does so...
The memory in the machine isn't necessarily contiguous. For example, an
hp zx1 machine would map 6GB of memory at 0-1GB then 257-260GB, then 4-6GB
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-20 15:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-03 4:52 IA64 memory Vaibhav Sharma
2005-02-03 6:01 ` David Mosberger
2005-02-03 7:15 ` Vaibhav Sharma
2005-02-04 2:31 ` David Mosberger
2005-02-06 6:21 ` Vaibhav Sharma
2005-02-08 18:17 ` David Mosberger
2005-02-20 11:30 ` Vaibhav Sharma
2005-02-20 15:57 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2005-02-20 17:29 ` Bukie Mabayoje
2005-02-24 18:40 ` Bukie Mabayoje
2005-03-01 13:44 ` Vaibhav Sharma
2005-03-01 15:24 ` Alex Williamson
2005-03-01 15:32 ` Matthew Wilcox
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