Re: custom kernel build for ThinkPads

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

van.ly%SDF.ORG@localhost (Van Ly) writes:

>When building the NetBSD 10.1 pull-up redistribution, I noticed only 8Gb was
>busy.  Are there changes to parameters that would encourage the use of 16Gb?

The kernel will use whatever the BIOS/UEFI tells it.

I'm not sure what you mean with "was busy". You can query the amount
of memory with:

sysctl hw.physmem64

It is also printed by the kernel (and visible e.g. in /var/run/dmesg.boot)
like (here a thinkpad with 8GB):

total memory = 8075 MB
avail memory = 7784 MB