linux-kernel - Re: x86_32 machine with 4G - possible wrong last

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Message-ID: <4D73EA6B.1050002@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:11:23 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Haim D." <haimdaniel@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: x86_32 machine with 4G - possible wrong last_pfn value ?

On 03/06/2011 07:04 AM, Haim D. wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm running  a x86_32 bit 4G machine with 2.4.33 and 2.6.34, I've
> noticed the difference between max_pfn values
> 2.4.33 shows 0x100000
> 2.4.34 shows  0xdffe0
> 

[ ... ]

> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 -
> 000000000009fc00 (usable)
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 -
> 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 -
> 0000000000100000 (reserved)
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 -
> 00000000dffe0000 (usable)
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 00000000dffe0000 -
> 00000000dffee000 (ACPI data)
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 00000000dffee000 -
> 00000000e0000000 (ACPI NVS)
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 -
> 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 00000000ffb00000 -
> 0000000100000000 (reserved)
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 -
> 0000000120000000 (usable)

Based on this memory map, 0xdffe0 is the correct max_pfn value.

> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel: Warning only 4GB will be used.
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel: Use a PAE enabled kernel.
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel: (find_max_low_pfn:1003) max_low_pfn to 753664
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel: 1152MB HIGHMEM available.
> Mar  6 13:27:17 localhost kernel: 2944MB LOWMEM available.

... for a non-PAE kernel, apparently compiled with a weird split.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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