Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754254AbXFNU0R (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:26:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752048AbXFNU0J (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:26:09 -0400 Received: from lucidpixels.com ([75.144.35.66]:59706 "EHLO lucidpixels.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751811AbXFNU0I (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:26:08 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:26:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Justin Piszcz X-X-Sender: jpiszcz@p34.internal.lan To: Pim Zandbergen cc: Jesse Barnes , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Eric W. Biederman" Subject: Re: [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs In-Reply-To: <4671992D.7060400@macroscoop.nl> Message-ID: References: <200706071530.51552.jesse.barnes@intel.com> <4671992D.7060400@macroscoop.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1278 Lines: 46 On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Pim Zandbergen wrote: > Thanks for this patch. I was having the exact same symptoms as Justin Piszcz, > on a different, but similar motherboard: > > Motherboard: GigaByte GA-G33-DS3R > BIOS rev: F2 > Chipset: Intel G33 > Memory: 8GB > Distro: Fedora 7 x86_64 > Kernel: kernel-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 > > Building vanilla 2.6.22-rc4 with your patch solved the problem. > > I'm now seeing this in the syslog > > *************** > **** WARNING: likely BIOS bug > **** MTRRs don't cover all of memory, trimmed 196608 pages > *************** > > leaving me 7416672 kB of usable memory. > > If there's any way I can help with more info or testing, > then let me know. > > Thanks, > Pim > That's strange, I guess different chipsets 'chew' up different amounts of memory OR you have your DVT(?) (video-card memory/aperature) set to 256MB? I have mine set to 128MB, in top: Mem: 8039576k total, 6187304k used, 1852272k free, 696k buffers What type of memory are you using and what is your DVT set to? Justin. - 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/