On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Iain Buchanan <iai...@netspace.net.au> wrote: > On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 19:08 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > How does memory get reported up to the kernel? Is that something in >> > the kernel (i.e. - choosing the proper chipset support or something) >> > or is it purely the return from some sort of BIOS call? If so can it >> > be tested or circumvented to get the machine to recognize everything >> > I've put in? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Mark >> >> A very simple test - booting from an old Gentoo install CD - shows 2GB >> - so apparently it's a kernel config issue. > > High Memory Support to be precise :) In your case CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y > should do. > > Processor Type And Features > => High Memory Support > => off / 4Gb / 64Gb > > -- > Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
Hi Iain, That was already set unfortunately: dragonfly linux # cat .config | grep CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y dragonfly linux # Being that it's an Intel chipset here's the INTEL specific stuff: dragonfly linux # cat .config | grep INTEL CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL=y CONFIG_X86_MCE_INTEL=y CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL=y # CONFIG_MOXA_INTELLIO is not set CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_INTEL=y CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL=y CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_INTELHDMI=y # CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0 is not set # CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0M is not set # CONFIG_INTEL_IOATDMA is not set # CONFIG_INTEL_MENLOW is not set # CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRC32C_INTEL is not set dragonfly linux # I'm running up against one other thing. I haven't really worked on this machine for awhile. Currently the disks are showing up as /dev/hda and I thought with newer kernels they were supposed to be /dev/sda. With my newest 2.6.32-gentoo-r1 it seems to be trying to be /sda, but with 2.6.32-gentoo it's coming up /hda. Bottom line question - can I dual list /dev/hda7 and /dev/sda7 in my fstab file so that which ever one I boot at least it finds something? Still looking for the cause of this missing memory. Thanks! >From a California downpour tonight, Mark
