Re: [coreboot] PAE status/ 8Gb of ram on X60

2014-07-07 Thread Peter Stuge
The Gluglug wrote: > > On 07/07/14 13:46, Peter Stuge wrote: > > ron minnich wrote: > >> Chips that could hoist memory in the, e.g., 3g-4g range up above > >> 4G have been around since before the i945. Anybody know for sure > >> that the i945 can or can not do this? I"m not familiar enough > >>

Re: [coreboot] PAE status/ 8Gb of ram on X60

2014-07-07 Thread The Gluglug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What about the (rare) X60's that support 64-bit processors (T5500, T5600, T7200 and L7400) On 07/07/14 13:46, Peter Stuge wrote: > ron minnich wrote: >> Chips that could hoist memory in the, e.g., 3g-4g range up above >> 4G have been around since bef

Re: [coreboot] PAE status/ 8Gb of ram on X60

2014-07-07 Thread Peter Stuge
ron minnich wrote: > Chips that could hoist memory in the, e.g., 3g-4g range up above 4G have > been around since before the i945. Anybody know for sure that the i945 can > or can not do this? I"m not familiar enough with it. It only has a 32-bit interface to the processor, it can't do more than 4

Re: [coreboot] PAE status/ 8Gb of ram on X60

2014-07-06 Thread ron minnich
Charles, just checking, you know the deal, right? Room at the top of the physical address space is saved off for PCI. Hence memory in that range is not addressable. Chips that could hoist memory in the, e.g., 3g-4g range up above 4G have been around since before the i945. Anybody know for sure tha

Re: [coreboot] PAE status/ 8Gb of ram on X60

2014-07-06 Thread Charles Devereaux
Hello So I took 2x 4Gb, and I do confirm that only ~3Gb can be used. Thanks On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Paul Menzel < paulepan...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Dear Charles, > > > Am Dienstag, den 24.06.2014, 17:53 -0400 schrieb Charles Devereaux: > > > I am wondering if there any limita

Re: [coreboot] PAE status/ 8Gb of ram on X60

2014-07-06 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Charles, Am Dienstag, den 24.06.2014, 17:53 -0400 schrieb Charles Devereaux: > I am wondering if there any limitation with coreboot on using say 2x > 4Gb RAM sticks and a linux kernel with PAE enabled? as far as I know, the Intel 945 chipset has a hard limit of a total 4 GB RAM. > Is anyo

[coreboot] PAE status/ 8Gb of ram on X60

2014-06-24 Thread Charles Devereaux
Hello I am wondering if there any limitation with coreboot on using say 2x 4Gb RAM sticks and a linux kernel with PAE enabled? Is anyone using such a setup? I'm considering getting that, but I would like some confirmation before, since 2x 4Gb DDR2 5300 is quite expansive. Thanks! -- coreboot m