Re: Case: 7454422: Re: Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH motherboards. (FULL DMESG)

Robert Hancock
2007-06-01T20:57:33Z

Justin Piszcz wrote:
>> I think that mem=8832M would work as well, to make the kernel use only
>> the memory that is marked cacheable. (It looks like this parameter
>> takes the highest memory address we want the kernel to use, not the
>> highest memory amount.)
>>
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>
> Is 8832MB a typo? 8GB of memory is ~8192MB right? Did you mean 8132MB
> or? Intel wants me to flash my bios and reset everything to the
> defaults to see if it is still an issue, I'd prefer to try the mem=
> option first.

I think 8832 should be right.. As far as I can tell, the number is the
highest memory address, not the amount of memory, and there are some
holes in the 3-4GB region.

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