From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263429AbUECBpH (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 May 2004 21:45:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263440AbUECBpH (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 May 2004 21:45:07 -0400 Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net ([204.127.202.55]:27791 "EHLO sccrmhc11.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263429AbUECBpF (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 May 2004 21:45:05 -0400 Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 21:45:03 -0400 From: Tom Vier To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: "Richard B. Johnson" Subject: Re: Dual Opteron 248s w/ 8GB RAM on Tyan K8W (S2885) Message-ID: <20040503014503.GA2337@zero> Reply-To: Tom Vier References: <20040428225331.GA19698@aspsys.com> <200404300005.02814.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <20040429211733.GD15563@aspsys.com> <20040430021516.GA18664@zero> <20040430050038.GA27617@aspsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 07:01:38AM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > It can't be. The only CPU(s) that would know anything about it and > thus be able to use that RAM are running the operating system. unless it's reserving it for cross-boot data. i remember there being some error (ecc, machine checks?) logging option in the bios setup. *shrug* i don't know much about x86(-64) bios. openboot and srm do save state, since you can drop back to them without rebooting. -- Tom Vier DSA Key ID 0x15741ECE