Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:56:54 -0600 | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: Case: 7454422: Re: Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH motherboards. (FULL DMESG) |
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Justin Piszcz wrote: >> I think that mem=8832M would work as well, to make the kernel use only >> the memory that is marked cacheable. (It looks like this parameter >> takes the highest memory address we want the kernel to use, not the >> highest memory amount.) >> >> -- >> Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada >> To email, remove "nospam" from hancockr@nospamshaw.ca >> Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/ >> > > Is 8832MB a typo? 8GB of memory is ~8192MB right? Did you mean 8132MB > or? Intel wants me to flash my bios and reset everything to the > defaults to see if it is still an issue, I'd prefer to try the mem= > option first.
I think 8832 should be right.. As far as I can tell, the number is the highest memory address, not the amount of memory, and there are some holes in the 3-4GB region.
-- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from hancockr@nospamshaw.ca Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/
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