Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264795AbUISWjK (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:39:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264881AbUISWjK (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:39:10 -0400 Received: from merkurneu.hrz.uni-giessen.de ([134.176.2.3]:16629 "EHLO merkurneu.hrz.uni-giessen.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264795AbUISWjB (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:39:01 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:19:38 +1000 (EST) From: Sergei Haller X-X-Sender: gc1007@fb07-calculator.math.uni-giessen.de To: jonathan@jonmasters.org Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: lost memory on a 4GB amd64 In-Reply-To: <35fb2e5904091915007c02c4b8@mail.gmail.com> Message-Id: References: <200409161528.19409.andrew@walrond.org> <200409161619.28742.andrew@walrond.org> <35fb2e59040919130154966337@mail.gmail.com> <35fb2e5904091915007c02c4b8@mail.gmail.com> 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: 1418 Lines: 37 On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Jon Masters (JM) wrote: JM> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 07:47:20 +1000 (EST), Sergei Haller JM> JM> > I guess I should write a simple C-program using malloc or something to JM> > reproduce the crash in the simplest possible way, shouldn't I? JM> JM> You've answered your own question Sergei. Thing is - you mentioned the JM> AGP aperature settings in your original post [...] well, AGP and PCI I mentioned only as "the bad guys stealing the memory" and as the reason to why I wanted to spilt the main memory in two 2gb blocks or in 3gb+1gb, one block being at the normal address range and the other at the addresses >4gb JM> but we have to rule out stuff like X I guess, you're right in htis. JM> Try a simple test case and then see if you can give any other handy JM> details on your situation. thanks so far, 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/