Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268033AbUIPMhn (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:37:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268042AbUIPMfZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:35:25 -0400 Received: from colin2.muc.de ([193.149.48.15]:65293 "HELO colin2.muc.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268013AbUIPMeT (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:34:19 -0400 Date: 16 Sep 2004 14:34:17 +0200 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:34:17 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Sergei Haller , g@muc.de Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: lost memory on a 4GB amd64 Message-ID: <20040916123417.GA68423@muc.de> References: <2EWxl-7CI-13@gated-at.bofh.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 817 Lines: 22 On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 10:15:22PM +1000, Sergei Haller wrote: > I am sure you did read the rest of my mail, didn't you? I mean the part I did. > where I describe that there is an option in the BIOS for that but the > kernel crashes if I enable it. It means the memory was not correct configured. If you don't trust the kernel you can use memtest86 to confirm it. > If it is still a problem of the BIOS, could you please be more specific > about what exactly is the problem with the BIOS? That it doesn't supply usable memory to the kernel with that option. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/