From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com>
To: "James Kirin" <james.kirin40@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: memory beyond4GB invisible to the system even though CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:22:19 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <adaeiz6k4o4.fsf@cisco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <baeb34bc0901131746n33cd536co331e32361df2fb72@mail.gmail.com> (James Kirin's message of "Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:46:33 +0000")
> I am running kernel 2.6.28 on a computer with 8GB RAM. The BIOS
> detects all 8GB, yet
>
> jk@as12:~$ free
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 3622504 799696 2822808 0 90936 369604
> -/+ buffers/cache: 339156 3283348
> Swap: 6867776 0 6867776
The message in your kernel log:
[ 0.000000] WARNING: BIOS bug: CPU MTRRs don't cover all of memory, losing 4096MB of RAM.
[ 0.000000] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 0.000000] WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c:1662 mtrr_trim_uncached_memory+0x283/0x2a4()
is a clue. You might want to look for a BIOS update for your
motherboard.
- R.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-14 2:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-14 1:46 memory beyond4GB invisible to the system even though CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y James Kirin
2009-01-14 2:22 ` Roland Dreier [this message]
2009-01-14 3:10 ` James Kirin
2009-01-14 6:07 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-01-14 16:14 ` Roland Dreier
2009-01-14 18:16 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-01-15 19:50 ` James Kirin
2009-01-15 20:35 ` James Kirin
2009-01-15 20:45 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-01-15 20:51 ` Yinghai Lu
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