Re: Using more than 256 MB of memory on SB1250 in 32-bit mode, revisited

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@enix.org>]

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Hello,

Matthew Starzewski a écrit :
> I've tried to enable HIGHMEM to access all 512MB of
> SDRAM on a BCM1125 based board as per this previous
> thread:
>  
> Using more than 256 MB of memory on SB1250 in 32-bit mode :
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/mips/msg14396.html
> BCM1125 Board: XPedite3000 PrPMC
> http://www.xes-inc.com/Products/XPedite/XPedite3000/XPedite3000.html

I'm really unsure of what I'll say, but I've seen people on this list 
talking about CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM, an option for the kernel, which is :

"Say Y to upport efficient handling of discontiguous physical memory,
  for architectures which are either NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access)
  or have huge holes in the physical address space for other reasons.
  See <file:Documentation/vm/numa> for more."

Maybe it's what you're looking for, maybe not.

I'm still very surprised that Linux cannot handle strange physical 
memory configuration simply (holes in physical memory, DMA memory at 
higher addresses than normal memory).

Thomas
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