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

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Message-id: <46608816.9040607@shaw.ca>
Date:	Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:56:54 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
To:	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>
Cc:	Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.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)

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@...pamshaw.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@...pamshaw.ca
Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/


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