Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752980AbZLaC5V (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:57:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752605AbZLaC5U (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:57:20 -0500 Received: from mail.tmr.com ([64.65.253.246]:53976 "EHLO partygirl.tmr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752393AbZLaC5U (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:57:20 -0500 Message-ID: <4B3C12C3.6010505@tmr.com> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:56:03 -0500 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090507 Fedora/1.1.16-1.fc9 NOT Firefox/3.0.11 pango-text SeaMonkey/1.1.16 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thanasis CC: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org, LKML Subject: Re: [SOLVED] RAM installed vs reported References: <4B3B3043.20400@asyr.hopto.org> <200912301208.54359.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> <4B3B4EF6.7030800@asyr.hopto.org> In-Reply-To: <4B3B4EF6.7030800@asyr.hopto.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1033 Lines: 22 Thanasis wrote: > on 12/30/2009 01:08 PM Dirk Heinrichs wrote the following: >> Am Mittwoch 30 Dezember 2009 11:49:39 schrieb Thanasis: >> >>> I have a netbook (Acer Aspire One A110L) and installed a 1GB DDR2 in the >>> available slot, for a total of 1.5GB or RAM. >>> The BIOS reports it as 1.5GB and so does grml linux (booting from usb), >>> but the installed gentoo linux reports only 904600 kB: >> With more than 1G of memory, you should set CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y. >> Another benefit with PAE is that you get the benefit of the nx bit being available to eliminate several classes to deliberate and unintentional misbehavior. -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- 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/