Could the different kernels calculate the memsize differently?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Burke, Thomas G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:04 Subject: RE: Less memory reported by system > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Maybe the shared video aperture is set up differently on some of the > boxes? > > The numbers you show are ~318.4, 311.4, and 313.4 MB... > > - -----Original Message----- > From: Jihuang Zhou [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Less memory reported by system > > > Thanks a lot. Only one question left now: > As the video card takes the same size memory, I should not see > different > memory size in different linux. Actually I have exactly the same 30 > IBM > boxes and they have the same Video cards and same physical memory > 320M. > But, from /proc/meminfo, I saw > 1) Mem: 329056256 in redhat 2.2.16-22 > 2) Mem: 326565888 in redhat 2.4.7-10 > 3) Mem: 333930496 in Mandrake Linux: 2.2.17-21mdksecure > > Any idea? > > - -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Less memory reported by system > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 11:05:24AM -0500, Jihuang Zhou wrote: > > Thanks. I do have a on-board video card and I always calculate them > using 1k=1024byte. > > 1. The same on-board video card will use the same shared memory in > Redhat7.0 and 7.3, right? > > Yes - the operating system doesn't see that you have shared memory - > it > will ask the BIOS for how memory you've got, and how much video > memory. > > > 2. How can I see the video shared memory size? > > >From the BIOS. > > > 3. I want to find a way to get all physical memory size (320M). > > You can't. The OS will never see it since the BIOS will strip it out > first. Based on your numbers though, I'd say you've got 8MB of > shared > memory dedicated to video. > > I'll also ask nicely again for you to wrap your lines. If you don't, > people will start refusing to follow up. > > - -- > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > > > - -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > - -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.3 > > iQA/AwUBPkqoldPjBkUEZx5AEQLRjgCdGht10sWl2+VNl0+OjA0NuHY+NKQAn3UJ > Jo04DRK9QpvRaxJDc0d9+0rM > =QRgW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
