Subject: RAM not fully recognized
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Arne Kaiser <kaiser@hauptsache.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/24/2005 14:08:12
Dear All,
we just installed netbsd on the following system. Everthing seems to be 
ok so far, but the the system has 2 GB ram installed  (and the BIOS 
detects 2 GB) but netbsd only uses 1 GB. Are there any options in the 
kernel config file that can influence this?

Thanks for your help

Arne



NetBSD 2.0 (GENERIC) #0: Wed Dec  1 10:58:25 UTC 2004
        
builds@build:/big/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-RELEASE/i386/200411300000Z-obj/big/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
total memory = 1007 MB
avail memory = 978 MB
BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xfbaa0
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor)
cpu0: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (686-class), 2166.66 MHz, id 0x6a0
cpu0: features c3c3fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
cpu0: features c3c3fbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMXX,MMX>
cpu0: features c3c3fbff<FXSR,SSE,3DNOW2,3DNOW>
cpu0: I-cache 64 KB 64B/line 2-way, D-cache 64 KB 64B/line 2-way
cpu0: L2 cache 512 KB 64B/line 16-way
cpu0: ITLB 16 4 KB entries fully associative, 8 4 MB entries fully 
associative
cpu0: DTLB 32 4 KB entries fully associative, 8 4 MB entries 4-way
cpu0: 8 page colors
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: VIA Technologies product 0x3205 (rev. 0x00)
agp0 at pchb0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0xf900000
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: VIA Technologies VT8377CE CPU-AGP Bridge 
(KT600) (rev. 0x00)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: VIA Technologies product 0x7205 (rev. 0x01)
wsdisplay0 at vga1 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
viaide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0
viaide0: VIA Technologies VT8237 ATA133 controller
viaide0: bus-master DMA support present
viaide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
atabus0 at viaide0 channel 0
viaide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide0: secondary channel interrupting at irq 15
atabus1 at viaide0 channel 1
uhci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0: VIA Technologies VT83C572 USB 
Controller (rev. 0x81)
uhci0: interrupting at irq 11
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: VIA Technologies UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1 at pci0 dev 16 function 1: VIA Technologies VT83C572 USB 
Controller (rev. 0x81)
uhci1: interrupting at irq 11
usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1
uhub1: VIA Technologies UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2 at pci0 dev 16 function 2: VIA Technologies VT83C572 USB 
Controller (rev. 0x81)
uhci2: interrupting at irq 12
usb2 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2
uhub2: VIA Technologies UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci3 at pci0 dev 16 function 3: VIA Technologies VT83C572 USB 
Controller (rev. 0x81)
uhci3: interrupting at irq 12
usb3 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0
uhub3 at usb3
uhub3: VIA Technologies UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 4: VIA Technologies VT8237 EHCI USB 
Controller (rev. 0x86)
ehci0: interrupting at irq 10
ehci0: EHCI version 1.0
ehci0: companion controllers, 2 ports each: uhci0 uhci1 uhci2 uhci3
usb4 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub4 at usb4
uhub4: VIA Technologie EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
pcib0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0
pcib0: VIA Technologies VT8237 (Apollo KT600) PCI-ISA Bridge (rev. 0x00)
vr0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0: VIA VT6102 (Rhine II) 10/100 Ethernet
vr0: interrupting at irq 11
vr0: Ethernet address: 00:13:d3:11:0b:7e
ukphy0 at vr0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface
ukphy0: OUI 0x0002c6, model 0x0032, rev. 10
ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
isa0 at pcib0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: PC speaker
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
isapnp0 at isa0 port 0x279: ISA Plug 'n Play device support
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
isapnp0: no ISA Plug 'n Play devices found
Kernelized RAIDframe activated
wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <WDC WD1600BB-14GUC0>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
wd0: 149 GB, 310101 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 312581808 sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
wd0(viaide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100) (using 
DMA data transfers)
atapibus0 at atabus1: 2 targets
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <IDE DVD-ROM 16X, , VER 5.0> cdrom removable
cd0: 32-bit data port
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66)
cd0(viaide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66) (using 
DMA data transfers)
boot device: wd0
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
root file system type: ffs
wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)