Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.6.1 not finding all memory
To: None <darcy@NetBSD.org>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/20/2003 09:26:00
D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> I installed 8GB into an i386 system and rant 1.6.1 on it.  The dmesg looks 
> like this:

AFAIK NetBSD doesn't support the PSE36 extension, so it would only
use up to 4GB physical RAM.

Jaromir
 
> NetBSD 1.6.1 (VAULTS) #0: Mon Apr 28 10:52:43 EDT 2003
>     door@greenroom.givex.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/VAULTS
> cpu0: Intel Pentium 4 (686-class), 2399.45 MHz
> cpu0: D-cache 8 KB 64b/line 4-way
> cpu0: L2 cache 512 KB 64b/line 8-way
> cpu0: features 
> ffffffffbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR
> >
> cpu0: features ffffffffbfebfbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,FGPAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX>
> cpu0: features ffffffffbfebfbff<FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,B31>
> total memory = 3967 MB
> avail memory = 3684 MB
> using 6144 buffers containing 198 MB of memory
> 
> Can NetBSD use the whole 8GB?
> 
> -- 
> D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@netbsd.org>
> http://www.NetBSD.org/
> 

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Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org>            http://www.NetBSD.cz/
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