From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 4 23:50:27 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C843F16A41F for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:50:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Received: from cobra.acceleratedweb.net (cobra-gw.acceleratedweb.net [207.99.79.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9B49343D46 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:50:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Received: (qmail 13372 invoked by uid 110); 4 Nov 2005 23:50:24 -0000 Received: from ool-18ba9a0b.dyn.optonline.net (HELO win2kpc1) (simon%optinet.com@24.186.154.11) by cobra.acceleratedweb.net with SMTP; 4 Nov 2005 23:50:24 -0000 From: "Simon" To: "hardware@freebsd.org" Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:50:24 -0400 Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2661) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195;4) In-Reply-To: <436BA29E.1010500@freebsdsystems.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20051104235026.9B49343D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: 4 GB RAM but can only see 3 GB (HP 380) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:50:28 -0000 BIOS shouldn't eat entire gig of RAM, never heard this until now, that's some poor design. -Simon On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:04:14 -0500, Lanny Baron wrote: >When you go to 4gb of memory in this type of Server Board the bios will >suck up about 1gb. If you put in 3gb it should be using 8mb. If you need > more than 4gb, wrong Server. >Regards, >+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= >Lanny Baron > >Providing High Performance Rackmount Servers >and RAID Storage Systems to the Open Source >Community since 1999 > >Toll Free: 1.877.963.1900 >http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM >+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > > >Palle Girgensohn wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Two different customers have bought a HP 380 server each, both with 4 GB >> RAM, but FreeBSD can only see three of them. BIOS counts to 4 GB. I've >> tried PAE, but it doesn't help. Any tips how I can make use of the last >> 1GB? >> >> Both are SMP, dual Xeon CPU's. >> >> >> Copyright (c) 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project. >> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 >> The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. >> FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p6 #2: Thu Aug 25 03:49:30 CEST 2005 >> girgen@pingpong.hj.se:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HJKERNEL >> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 >> CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.40GHz (3400.14-MHz 686-class CPU) >> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf43 Stepping = 3 >> >> Features=0xbfebfbff >> >> Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs >> real memory = 3221172224 (3071 MB) >> avail memory = 3150819328 (3004 MB) >> ACPI APIC Table: >> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs >> cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 >> cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 6 >> ioapic0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard >> ioapic1 irqs 24-47 on motherboard >> ioapic2 irqs 48-71 on motherboard >> ioapic3 irqs 72-95 on motherboard >> ioapic4 irqs 96-119 on motherboard >> npx0: on motherboard >> npx0: INT 16 interface >> acpi0: on motherboard >> acpi0: Power Button (fixed) >> Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 >> acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x908-0x90b on acpi0 >> cpu0: on acpi0 >> cpu1: on acpi0 >> pcib0: on acpi0 >> pci0: on pcib0 >> pcib1: at device 2.0 on pci0 >> pci2: on pcib1 >> pcib2: at device 0.0 on pci2 >> pci3: on pcib2 >> bge0: mem >> 0xfdef0000-0xfdefffff irq 25 at device 1.0 on pci3 >> miibus0: on bge0 >> brgphy0: on miibus0 >> brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, >> 1000baseTX-FDX, auto >> bge0: Ethernet address: 00:13:21:6b:77:51 >> bge1: mem >> 0xfdee0000-0xfdeeffff irq 26 at device 1.1 on pci3 >> miibus1: on bge1 >> brgphy1: on miibus1 >> brgphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, >> 1000baseTX-FDX, auto >> bge1: Ethernet address: 00:13:21:6b:77:50 >> pcib3: at device 0.2 on pci2 >> pci4: on pcib3 >> ciss0: port 0x4000-0x40ff mem >> 0xfdf80000-0xfdfbffff,0xfdff0000-0xfdff1fff irq 51 at device 3.0 on pci4 >> pcib4: at device 6.0 on pci0 >> pci5: on pcib4 >> pcib5: at device 0.0 on pci5 >> pci6: on pcib5 >> pcib6: at device 0.2 on pci5 >> pci10: on pcib6 >> uhci0: port 0x2000-0x201f >> irq 16 at device 29.0 on pci0 >> usb0: on uhci0 >> usb0: USB revision 1.0 >> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 >> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered >> uhci1: port 0x2020-0x203f >> irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0 >> usb1: on uhci1 >> usb1: USB revision 1.0 >> uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 >> uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered >> uhci2: port 0x2040-0x205f >> irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0 >> usb2: on uhci2 >> usb2: USB revision 1.0 >> uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 >> uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered >> uhci3: port 0x2060-0x207f >> irq 16 at device 29.3 on pci0 >> usb3: on uhci3 >> usb3: USB revision 1.0 >> uhub3: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 >> uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered >> pci0: at device 29.7 (no driver attached) >> pcib7: at device 30.0 on pci0 >> pci1: on pcib7 >> pci1: at device 3.0 (no driver attached) >> pci1: at device 4.0 (no driver attached) >> pci1: at device 4.2 (no driver attached) >> isab0: at device 31.0 on pci0 >> isa0: on isab0 >> atapci0: port >> 0x500-0x50f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 31.1 on pci0 >> ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 >> ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 >> acpi_tz0: on acpi0 >> atkbdc0: port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 >> atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 >> kbd0 at atkbd0 >> psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 >> psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0 >> sio0: port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 >> sio0: type 16550A >> fdc0: port 0x3f2-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 >> fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 >> orm0: at iomem >> 0xee000-0xeffff,0xc8000-0xcbfff,0xc0000-0xc7fff on isa0 >> pmtimer0 on isa0 >> ppc0: parallel port not found. >> sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 >> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> >> sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0 >> sio1: type 16550A >> vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 >> Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec >> acd0: DVDROM at ata0-master PIO4 >> da0 at ciss0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 >> da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device >> da0: 135.168MB/s transfers >> da0: 138919MB (284506560 512 byte sectors: 255H 32S/T 34866C) >> SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! >> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >