From owner-freebsd-current Fri May 1 22:31:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA10493 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 1 May 1998 22:31:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailer.tydfam.machida.tokyo.jp (ns.tydfam.machida.tokyo.jp [210.161.209.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA10488 for ; Fri, 1 May 1998 22:31:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ken@tydfam.machida.tokyo.jp) Received: from localhost (ns1.tydfam.machida.tokyo.jp [210.161.209.138]) by mailer.tydfam.machida.tokyo.jp (8.8.8/3.6W) with ESMTP id OAA27365 for ; Sat, 2 May 1998 14:22:35 +0900 (JST) To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Q) Strange mem size w/ current kernel Reply-To: ken@tydfam.machida.tokyo.jp X-Mailer: Mew version 1.93b1 on XEmacs 20.3 (Vatican City) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <19980502142236D.ken@ns1.tydfam.machida.tokyo.jp> Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 14:22:36 +0900 From: Takeshi Yamada X-Dispatcher: imput version 971024 Lines: 43 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi! I noticed the following strange behavior with current kernel. Is it only a display problem, or something goes wrong? I am using P6@200, ASUS P/I-P6NP5 and 128MB DRAM (32MB x 4). 1) BIOS recognize 131072KB at parity check. 2) but, Extended Memory = 14336K is shown before boot select. 3) And, FreeBSD kernel's a) Kernel built with May 1st source says; May 2 13:34:10 ns1 /kernel.1: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. May 2 13:34:10 ns1 /kernel.1: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #5: Sat May 2 13:16:35 JST 1998 May 2 13:34:10 ns1 /kernel.1: root@ns1.tydfam.machida.tokyo.jp:/usr/src-current/sys/compile/TYD1 May 2 13:34:10 ns1 /kernel.1: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz cost 3440 ns May 2 13:34:10 ns1 /kernel.1: Timecounter "TSC" frequency 199310107 Hz cost 288 ns May 2 13:34:10 ns1 /kernel.1: CPU: Pentium Pro (199.31-MHz 686-class CPU) May 2 13:34:10 ns1 /kernel.1: Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x617 Stepping=7 May 2 13:34:10 ns1 /kernel.1: Features=0xf9ff May 2 13:34:10 ns1 /kernel.1: real memory = 15728640 (15360K bytes) May 2 13:34:10 ns1 /kernel.1: avail memory = 13176832 (12868K bytes) ^\^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ \ Just 15MB?? b) however, Kernel built with Feb. 2nd source says; May 2 13:05:31 ns1 /kernel: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. May 2 13:05:31 ns1 /kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Wed Feb 4 02:02:54 JST 1998 May 2 13:05:31 ns1 /kernel: ken@ns1.tydfam.machida.tokyo.jp:/usr/src-current/sys/compile/TYD May 2 13:05:31 ns1 /kernel: CPU: Pentium Pro (199.30-MHz 686-class CPU) May 2 13:05:31 ns1 /kernel: Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x617 Stepping=7 May 2 13:05:31 ns1 /kernel: Features=0xf9ff May 2 13:05:31 ns1 /kernel: real memory = 134217728 (131072K bytes) May 2 13:05:31 ns1 /kernel: avail memory = 127193088 (124212K bytes) ^\^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ \ Seems OK!! And May kernel is not stable. What is wrong with my machine? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message