From: Dylan Griffiths <Dylan_G@bigfoot.com>
To: Linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Broken memory init on VIA KX133
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 16:32:50 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B12D212.28C2B01D@bigfoot.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E154UXz-0003Yl-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox wrote:
\x7f> > I'm wondering if anyone knows/has a fix for memory past 64mb not
being
> > detected (unless you use append="mem=...M" in lilo) on the Via VT8371
> > [KX133] North bridge. (Please CC any replies since I'm off kernel list
> > atm.)
>
> Consult your BIOS vendor
Actually, I just did some additional testing (as this was not an issue with
FreebSD 4.2, Win2k, Win98 on the same hardware). The problem I describe was
fixed in 2.2.19 -- where Linux now properly uses e820 instead of a legacy
BIOS call to determine memory size.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-05-28 23:05 UTC|newest]
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2001-05-28 21:22 Broken memory init on VIA KX133 Dylan Griffiths
2001-05-28 21:27 ` Alan Cox
2001-05-28 22:32 ` Dylan Griffiths [this message]
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