Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Autodetecting more than 64MB | Date | Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:39:29 +0200 (EET) | From | Matti Aarnio <> |
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Oren Laadan <orenl@cs.huji.ac.il> answers thusly: > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me if it's true that Linux kernels now > > automatically detect more than 64MB of RAM? If so since which > > versions was it implemented? > > It's in the code, and apparently usually works. There are some reports, > though, about failures of the most recent kernel to autodetect more than > 64MB of RAM (e.g. MSI 6120N motherboard).
Very likely the problem is in the BIOSes at these few failing boards. The original BIOS memory amount lookup did go up to 64MB, and even though the new one goes way higher, BIOSes may or might not, support the newer call at all/properly.
> Oren.
/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
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