Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268135AbUIPP5P (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:57:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268274AbUIPP4q (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:56:46 -0400 Received: from merkurneu.hrz.uni-giessen.de ([134.176.2.3]:53971 "EHLO merkurneu.hrz.uni-giessen.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268174AbUIPPwl (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:52:41 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 01:52:03 +1000 (EST) From: Sergei Haller X-X-Sender: gc1007@fb07-calculator.math.uni-giessen.de To: Andrew Walrond Subject: Re: lost memory on a 4GB amd64 In-Reply-To: <200409161619.28742.andrew@walrond.org> Message-Id: References: <200409161528.19409.andrew@walrond.org> <200409161619.28742.andrew@walrond.org> Organization: University of Giessen * Germany MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-HRZ-JLUG-MailScanner-Information: Passed JLUG virus check X-HRZ-JLUG-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1397 Lines: 36 On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Andrew Walrond (AW) wrote: AW> On Thursday 16 Sep 2004 15:56, Sergei Haller wrote: AW> > On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Andrew Walrond (AW) wrote: AW> > AW> > AW> AW> > AW> On further investigation, The settings I mentioned, 'Auto' and AW> > 'Continuous' AW> only work when running a 64bit kernel. Are you running a AW> > 32bit kernel? AW> > AW> > it's a 64bit one. the precise setting for the processor is AW> > "AMD-Opteron/Athlon64". Should I try "Generic-x86-64"? AW> AW> No - thats what I use. Do you have MTRR support enabled? yes. AW> I'll send you my .config file; Perhaps you could try that. I just had a look at it. tomorrow morning I'll try out some of the options. If you like, I can send you my .config, so you can tell me which options are more likely to affect memory handling. c ya Sergei -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- -?) eMail: Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de /\\ -------------------------------------------------------------------- _\_V Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint. -- Mark Twain - 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/