I'm having trouble getting the GENERIC kernel to see more than 16MB
on a Compaq Prosignia VS and Proliant rack mount units. Is there some
kind of quirk in the memory management that causes this?

This is the dmesg.out from the ProLiant

NetBSD 1.5.2 (GENERIC) #3: Sat Aug 18 23:37:05 CEST 2001
    he@hamster.urc.uninett.no:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: Intel Pentium (P54C) (586-class), 100.21 MHz
total memory = 16000 KB
avail memory = 9596 KB
using 225 buffers containing 900 KB of memory
BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xf0000
mainbus0 (root)
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
Compaq Triflex Host-PCI Bridge (miscellaneous prehistoric, revision
0x01) at pci0 dev 0 function 0 not configured
siop0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c825 (fast wide scsi)
siop0: interrupting at irq 10
scsibus0 at siop0: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
ex0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0: 3Com 3c905B-TX 10/100 Ethernet (rev.
0x24)
ex0: interrupting at irq 5
ex0: MAC address 00:50:04:23:d2:9e
exphy0 at ex0 phy 24: 3Com internal media interface
exphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
pceb0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0
pceb0: Intel 82375EB/SB PCI-EISA Bridge (PCEB) (rev. 0x05)
eisa0 at pceb0
eisa0: can't map I/O space for slot 7
isa0 at pceb0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
vga0 at isa0 port 0x3b0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff
wsdisplay0 at vga0: console (80x25, vt100 emulation), using wskbd0
lpt2 at isa0 port 0x3bc-0x3bf: polled
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
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
isapnp0: no ISA Plug 'n Play devices found
biomask efc5 netmask efe5 ttymask ffe7
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
siop0: target 0 using 8bit transfers
siop0: target 0 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
siop0: target 0 using tagged queuing
sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <COMPAQ, ST15150W, 6215> SCSI2 0/direct
fixed
siop0: target 0 using 16bit transfers
siop0: target 0 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
sd0: 4094 MB, 3712 cyl, 21 head, 107 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8386000
sectors
siop0: target 1 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
siop0: target 1 using tagged queuing
sd1 at scsibus0 target 1 lun 0: <HP, C2490AM, 3256> SCSI2 0/direct fixed

siop0: target 1 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
sd1: 2033 MB, 2630 cyl, 18 head, 87 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4165272
sectors
siop0: target 2 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
siop0: target 2 using tagged queuing
sd2 at scsibus0 target 2 lun 0: <COMPAQ, C2247, 0BC4> SCSI2 0/direct
fixed
siop0: target 2 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
sd2: 1001 MB, 2051 cyl, 13 head, 76 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2051000
sectors
siop0: target 3 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
siop0: target 3 using tagged queuing
sd3 at scsibus0 target 3 lun 0: <COMPAQ, C2247, 0BC4> SCSI2 0/direct
fixed
siop0: target 3 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
sd3: 1001 MB, 2051 cyl, 13 head, 76 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2051000
sectors
cd0 at scsibus0 target 5 lun 0: <COMPAQ, CD-ROM CR-503BCQ, 1.1i> SCSI2
5/cdrom removable
boot device: sd0
root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
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)
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0

This is the dmesg.out from thr ProSignia

NetBSD 1.5.2 (GENERIC) #3: Sat Aug 18 23:37:05 CEST 2001
    he@hamster.urc.uninett.no:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: Intel Pentium (P54C) (586-class), 150.37 MHz
total memory = 16000 KB
avail memory = 9596 KB
using 225 buffers containing 900 KB of memory
BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xf0000
mainbus0 (root)
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: Compaq Triflex Host-PCI Bridge (rev. 0x00)
pchb1 at pci0 dev 0 function 1
pchb1: Compaq Triflex Host-PCI Bridge (rev. 0x00)
pchb2 at pci0 dev 0 function 2
pchb2: Compaq Triflex Host-PCI Bridge (rev. 0x00)
pchb3 at pci0 dev 0 function 3
pchb3: Compaq Triflex Host-PCI Bridge (rev. 0x00)
pchb4 at pci0 dev 0 function 4
pchb4: Compaq Triflex Host-PCI Bridge (rev. 0x00)
pchb5 at pci0 dev 0 function 5
pchb5: Compaq Triflex Host-PCI Bridge (rev. 0x00)
pchb6 at pci0 dev 0 function 6
pchb6: Compaq Triflex Host-PCI Bridge (rev. 0x00)
pchb7 at pci0 dev 0 function 7
pchb7: Compaq Triflex Host-PCI Bridge (rev. 0x00)
le0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: PCnet-PCI Ethernet
le0: address 00:80:5f:06:79:1e
le0: 8 receive buffers, 2 transmit buffers
le0: interrupting at irq 10
siop0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c810 (fast scsi)
siop0: interrupting at irq 11
scsibus0 at siop0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
ex0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0: 3Com 3c905-TX 10/100 Ethernet (rev. 0x0)
ex0: interrupting at irq 15
ex0: MAC address 00:60:97:b6:52:c4
nsphy0 at ex0 phy 24: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
Compaq PCI-EISA Bridge (EISA bridge, revision 0x07) at pci0 dev 15
function 0 not configured
eisa0 at mainbus0
eisa0: can't map I/O space for slot 7
isa0 at mainbus0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
vga0 at isa0 port 0x3b0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff
wsdisplay0 at vga0: console (80x25, vt100 emulation), using wskbd0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
sb0 at isa0 port 0x220-0x237 irq 5 drq 1 drq2 5: dsp v4.13
audio0 at sb0: full duplex, mmap, independent
midi0 at sb0: SB MIDI UART
opl0 at sb0: model OPL3
midi1 at opl0: SB Yamaha OPL3
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi2 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
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
isapnp0: no ISA Plug 'n Play devices found
biomask 7b45 netmask ff45 ttymask ffc7
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
siop0: target 0 using tagged queuing
sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <CONNER, CFP1060S 1.05GB, 1822> SCSI2
0/direct fixed
siop0: target 0 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
sd0: 1013 MB, 2756 cyl, 8 head, 94 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2074880 sectors

siop0: target 1 asynchronous
siop0: target 1 asynchronous
sd1 at scsibus0 target 1 lun 0: <CORE, 1.0GB, D020> SCSI2 0/direct fixed

siop0: target 1 asynchronous
sd1: 1000 MB, 1612 cyl, 15 head, 84 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2049109
sectors
siop0: target 2 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
siop0: target 2 using tagged queuing
sd2 at scsibus0 target 2 lun 0: <HP, C3010M1, 0BW4> SCSI2 0/direct fixed

siop0: target 2 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
sd2: 1910 MB, 2325 cyl, 19 head, 88 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 3912172
sectors
siop0: target 3 using tagged queuing
sd3 at scsibus0 target 3 lun 0: <MICROP, 1924-21MZ1077803, HZ2P> SCSI1
0/direct fixed
siop0: target 3 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
sd3: 2000 MB, 2280 cyl, 21 head, 85 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4096656
sectors
siop0: target 4 asynchronous
siop0: target 4 asynchronous
sd4 at scsibus0 target 4 lun 0: <FUJITSU, M2266S-512, 001A> SCSI2
0/direct fixed
siop0: target 4 asynchronous
sd4: 1029 MB, 1658 cyl, 15 head, 84 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2107704
sectors
cd0 at scsibus0 target 5 lun 0: <COMPAQ, CRD-254V, 1.06> SCSI2 5/cdrom
removable
siop0: target 6 using tagged queuing
sd5 at scsibus0 target 6 lun 0: <DEC, RZ1CC-BA (C) DEC, 883F> SCSI2
0/direct fixed
siop0: target 6 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
sd5: 4091 MB, 3708 cyl, 20 head, 113 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8380080
sectors
boot device: sd1
root on sd1a dumps on sd1b
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)
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
IP Filter: v3.4.9 initialized.  Default = pass all, Logging = enabled

TiA

Paul Apprich