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From: "Joseph D. Wagner" <wagnerjd@prodigy.net>
To: "'rtilley'" <rtilley@vt.edu>
Cc: "Linux Kernel Development List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: lilo append mem problem in 2.4.20
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 02:06:34 -0600
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> Compaq proliant 5000 4 way Pentium Pro

You mean Quad processors?  Wow!

> I used RH's 686-smp kernel config file to build the
> 2.4.20-ac1 kernel. I turned High Mem support off as
> I don't think 1 GB is high mem... is it?

Actually, anything over 896 or so MB is considered High Mem.  Don't ask me
why.  I didn't write the code.  If I did, I would have used a nice round
number.

IN OTHER WORDS, TURN HIGH MEM SUPPORT BACK ON!

Now, this part is just my guess, but try compiling the kernel for 586-smp
instead of a 686-smp.  IMHO, the documentation isn't really clear about
exactly which processor crosses the threshold, and Intel's naming convention
doesn't help either.

But I could be wrong.

Joseph Wagner

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