From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: iforone <floydstestemail@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: BIOS detects 4 GB RAM, but kernel does not
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:12:22 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44CBA506.4040906@shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1154145714.279248.233230@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>
iforone wrote:
> If we take a quick look at (part of) the OP's 'dmesg' output;
> ACPI: RSDT (v001 INTEL D915GAV 0x20050429 MSFT 0x00000097) @
> 0x00000000c7730000
> ACPI: FADT (v002 INTEL D915GAV 0x20050429 MSFT 0x00000097) @
> 0x00000000c7730200
> ACPI: MADT (v001 INTEL D915GAV 0x20050429 MSFT 0x00000097) @
> 0x00000000c7730390
> ACPI: MCFG (v001 INTEL D915GAV 0x20050429 MSFT 0x00000097) @
> 0x00000000c7730400
> ACPI: ASF! (v016 LEGEND I865PASF 0x00000001 INTL 0x02002026) @
> 0x00000000c7736020
> ACPI: TCPA (v001 INTEL TBLOEMID 0x00000001 MSFT 0x00000097) @
> 0x00000000c77360c0
> ACPI: WDDT (v001 INTEL OEMWDDT 0x00000001 INTL 0x02002026) @
> 0x00000000c77360f4
> ACPI: DSDT (v001 INTEL D915GAV 0x00000001 INTL 0x02002026) @
> 0x0000000000000000
> No NUMA configuration found
> Faking a node at 0000000000000000-00000000c772f000
> Bootmem setup node 0 0000000000000000-00000000c772f000
> No mptable found.
> On node 0 totalpages: 816943
>
> ===============
>
> We see MSFT (Microsoft) all over the place as well as INTL (Intel ?) --
> I suppose this machine may be a Dellio (perhaps HP or Compaq)? or
> atleast one that has one of those stickers on the case that says
> "Designed for use with MS Windows [version]"
I believe that indicates that the Microsoft ACPI compiler was used to
generate the ACPI tables in the BIOS..
--
Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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2006-07-26 16:54 ` BIOS detects 4 GB RAM, but kernel does not Robert Hancock
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