Giacomo Mulas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Jo Shields wrote:
>
>> address. 64-bit OSen don't have that limitation, but many BIOSes assume
>> that there's only one OS on the market (32-bit XP) so keep the memory
>> configuration with a hole at 4GiB.
>
> I wish this were always true. I tried to get rid of the memory hole, but
> then my nice 64 bit Linux kernel would crash (or better get in an infinite
> loop) upon initialising the Yukon Gigabit Ethernet NIC (i.e. immediately
> after loading the sk98lin module). Actually, to be more specific, it locks
> up not when loading the driver, but the first time anything attempts to use
> the NIC, sending any traffic through it.
> The same kernel boots and works ok with the memory hole, therefore I decided
> I preferred to have a working computer with ~300Mb less than a locked up
> computer with 4Gb...
>
> Bye
> Giacomo
My system locks up when I run "ifconfig eth1 up" on the sk98lin module
but I only have 1Gb of ram. Maybe I should play with the bios
settings.
MfG
Goswin
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