[gentoo-user] [OT] Acer Core2Duo only sees 3G of RAM

[gentoo-user] [OT] Acer Core2Duo only sees 3G of RAM

[Mick]

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Hi All,

I booted up an Acer Core2Duo (P7550) with 4G of RAM using a Knoppix DVD and 
only 3G of RAM is visible.  Why would that be so?  Both cores of the CPU are 
recognised, so I think that the kernel is SMP enable.  I attach the lspci 
output in case you see something that explains it.  Unfortunately, hwinfo 
fails with an io segmentation ...
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Regards,
Mick

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[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Acer Core2Duo only sees 3G of RAM

[Mick]

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Please ignore previous message ... I should have gone to bed by now because 
evidently I am too tired to think clearly!  O_O

I will try to boot up with a 64bit OS next.

On Thursday 03 December 2009 22:14:36 Mick wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I booted up an Acer Core2Duo (P7550) with 4G of RAM using a Knoppix DVD and
> only 3G of RAM is visible.  Why would that be so?  Both cores of the CPU
>  are recognised, so I think that the kernel is SMP enable.  I attach the
>  lspci output in case you see something that explains it.  Unfortunately,
>  hwinfo fails with an io segmentation ...
> 

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Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Acer Core2Duo only sees 3G of RAM

[Xavier Parizet]

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Hi,

You don't need to go to bed :) Just setup your kernel to use High-Memory:
cd /usr/src/linux; make menuconfig; then item:
  Processor type and features -> High Memory Support -> 4GB
And it's done, but keep in mind that userspace processes will still be limited
to 3GB of memory use (AFAIK) (if someone would like to correct me, he is welcome).

If you want your processes to use more than 3GB of memory, then yes, boot up
with a 64bit OS (again correct me if i'm wrong) ;)

HTH.

Mick a écrit :
> Please ignore previous message ... I should have gone to bed by now because 
> evidently I am too tired to think clearly!  O_O
> 
> I will try to boot up with a 64bit OS next.
> 
> On Thursday 03 December 2009 22:14:36 Mick wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I booted up an Acer Core2Duo (P7550) with 4G of RAM using a Knoppix DVD and
>> only 3G of RAM is visible.  Why would that be so?  Both cores of the CPU
>>  are recognised, so I think that the kernel is SMP enable.  I attach the
>>  lspci output in case you see something that explains it.  Unfortunately,
>>  hwinfo fails with an io segmentation ...
>>
> 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Acer Core2Duo only sees 3G of RAM

[Graham Murray]

Xavier Parizet <xav@gentooist.com> writes:

> If you want your processes to use more than 3GB of memory, then yes, boot up
> with a 64bit OS (again correct me if i'm wrong) ;)

Or configure your 32bit kernel with HIGHMEM = 64GB

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Acer Core2Duo only sees 3G of RAM

[Drew]

Isn't the memory hole above 3GB present even in the 64bit systems?
Something about the MMIO reservations for the PCI bus taking up the
top gig of the first four Gigs?


-- 
Drew

"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."
--Marie Curie

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Acer Core2Duo only sees 3G of RAM

[Graham Murray]

Drew <drew.kay@gmail.com> writes:

> Isn't the memory hole above 3GB present even in the 64bit systems?
> Something about the MMIO reservations for the PCI bus taking up the
> top gig of the first four Gigs?

I do not know. What I do know is that the system I am using here at home
has 6GB RAM, the one I use at work has 8GB, and I have seen a system
with 12GB all running Gentoo x86 (32 bit) and all of which report the
full amount of RAM as available. 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Acer Core2Duo only sees 3G of RAM

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 22:00:00 -0800, Drew wrote:

> Isn't the memory hole above 3GB present even in the 64bit systems?
> Something about the MMIO reservations for the PCI bus taking up the
> top gig of the first four Gigs?

That's the case with some hardware, like my Asus motherboard. It was
fixed by changing a BIOS setting.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Two is not equal to three, even for large values of two.

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Acer Core2Duo only sees 3G of RAM

[Alan McKinnon]

On Friday 04 December 2009 00:14:36 Mick wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I booted up an Acer Core2Duo (P7550) with 4G of RAM using a Knoppix DVD and
> only 3G of RAM is visible.  Why would that be so?  Both cores of the CPU
>  are recognised, so I think that the kernel is SMP enable.  I attach the
>  lspci output in case you see something that explains it.  Unfortunately,
>  hwinfo fails with an io segmentation ...
> 

I bet you used a 32 bit Knoppix


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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Acer Core2Duo only sees 3G of RAM

[Mick]

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On Thursday 03 December 2009 22:45:29 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Friday 04 December 2009 00:14:36 Mick wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I booted up an Acer Core2Duo (P7550) with 4G of RAM using a Knoppix DVD
> > and only 3G of RAM is visible.  Why would that be so?  Both cores of the
> > CPU are recognised, so I think that the kernel is SMP enable.  I attach
> > the lspci output in case you see something that explains it. 
> > Unfortunately, hwinfo fails with an io segmentation ...
> 
> I bet you used a 32 bit Knoppix

Yep!  It's surprising how after a good night's sleep the most complex problems 
suddenly solve themselves ... ha, ha!  :-))
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Regards,
Mick

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