Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:33:55 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory Message-ID: <46FB32B3.10800@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <26F3B5E1A6FC015BDA8980FB@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> References: <DF52D4C2-523B-48E4-957A-01FB81C80FC3@CS.UCLA.EDU> <46FB2A26.8040507@pacific.net.sg> <74CB72FB-0B36-4945-B121-E61E07BAA4F5@CS.UCLA.EDU> <26F3B5E1A6FC015BDA8980FB@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local>
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Hi, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On September 26, 2007 9:06:57 PM -0700 Eric Osterweil > <eoster@CS.UCLA.EDU> wrote: > >> On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: >> >>> Eric Osterweil wrote: >>> >>>> make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB >>>> of it. >>>> Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? >>>> FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 >>> >>> this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. >>> >>> You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. >>> >>> Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. >>> >> >> Ahh... To do this, do I just specify the CPUTYPE in the /etc/make.conf >> as: >> CPUTYPE=amd64 >> ? >> > No. Add options SMP to GENERIC or use the SMP conf file that's already > there (and includes GENERIC). Then recompile the kernel per the handbook. > he still has to set the CPU type also in this config file to amd64. Erich
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