Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 12:07:58 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: alexandr@mail.eecis.udel.edu Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory Problems Message-ID: <199812132007.MAA00301@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 13 Dec 1998 03:02:29 EST." <199812130302.aa18157@mail.eecis.udel.edu>
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> I'm running -current on a ThinkPad 600E. If I put more then 64M of > memory in this machine it randomly hangs on me. > > I've tried ever memory combo that I can for anything above 64M (80, 96 > 116 and 128), and they all produce the same results. > > Has anyone ever seen a problem like this? If so, does anyone know of a > solution? It's a known problem; the system responds badly to attempts to probe for memory in the way that we do. You should be able to build a kernel with MAXMEM explicitly specified to match your memory config (See LINT) which should disable the speculative probe. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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