Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:11:11 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: real memory falsely reports 8G, BIOS & avail memory reports 1G Message-ID: <201008161611.11974.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201008091213.o79CD3I6061232@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201008091213.o79CD3I6061232@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On Monday, August 09, 2010 8:13:03 am Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Hi hackers@freebsd.org > A laptop here emits a puzzlingly dmesg to both 8.1-RC2 & 8.1-RELEASE: > real memory = 8572108800 (8175 MB) > avail memory = 1018789888 (971 MB) > BIOS reckons it has 1G. No panel to unscrew to inspect memory. > I don't beleive 8G. > > If this is a bug in FreeBSD detect code ? > I am ready to run test kernel patches againt 8.1-RELEASE > & report back if anyone has code. > (I have room to install a current too if necessary) > > Full dmesg here: > http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/novatech-8355/dmesg/ > > Cheers, > Julian Hmm, do you have dmidecode output? -- John Baldwin
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