From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>
Cc: Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@gmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Case: 7454422: Re: Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH motherboards. (FULL DMESG)
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:56:54 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46608816.9040607@shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706011233100.18986@p34.internal.lan>
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.)
>>
>> --
>> Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada
>> To email, remove "nospam" from hancockr@nospamshaw.ca
>> Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/
>>
>
> 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.
--
Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada
To email, remove "nospam" from hancockr@nospamshaw.ca
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-31 0:57 Case: 7454422: Re: Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH motherboards. (FULL DMESG) Parag Warudkar
2007-05-31 4:38 ` Robert Hancock
2007-05-31 12:33 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-05-31 12:49 ` Parag Warudkar
2007-05-31 13:08 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-05-31 14:27 ` Robert Hancock
2007-05-31 18:44 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-01 16:33 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-01 17:57 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-01 18:10 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-01 20:56 ` Robert Hancock [this message]
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2007-05-30 23:29 ` Robert Hancock
2007-05-31 4:56 ` Yinghai Lu
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2007-05-30 4:08 ` Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH motherboards Robert Hancock
2007-05-30 8:43 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-05-30 14:27 ` Robert Hancock
2007-05-30 14:33 ` Case: 7454422: Re: Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH motherboards. (FULL DMESG) Justin Piszcz
2007-05-30 14:36 ` Justin Piszcz
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