Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 2014-Dec-09 17:28:17 +0100, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: >On 12/09/14 17:24, pat...@patpro.net wrote: >> hmm my bad. >> strange indeed to read hw.machine i386 when it's 64 bit capable. >> > >Maybe you can build and install a 64-bit kernel only, and the re-boot, >but userspace will still be 64-bi

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Jan Bramkamp
On 09.12.2014 17:07, Frank Seltzer wrote: > frank_s@xxx:/home/frank_s % sysctl -a | egrep -i > 'hw.machine|hw.model|hw.ncpu' > hw.machine: i386 > hw.model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1035T Processor > hw.ncpu: 6 > hw.machine_arch: i386 Reinstall your system from a FreeBSD/amd64 install medium. Your CPU

Re: HyperThreading on Intel Xeon Haswell, a benefit?

2014-12-09 Thread grarpamp
> Ohartmann: > From my experience, mostly compiling FreeBSD sources from scratch > ... > a dual core, 4-thread CPU > at 3.3 GHz takes ~ 60 minutes to build world, the same as a 4-core > castrated i3 with disabled SMT. Switching off SMT on the dual core > ... > Using SMT in some FPU heavy caclulatio

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Daniel Mayfield wrote: > Run this command: > > sysctl -a | egrep -i 'hw.machine|hw.model|hw.ncpu’ > > If you see “amd64” in there, you want the 64 bit (amd64) version of > FreeBSD. If you don’t, you’re out of luck. > > Dan > > On 9Dec 2014, at 11:00, Frank Seltzer

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On 12/09/14 17:28, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: Maybe you can build and install a 64-bit kernel only, and the re-boot, but userspace will still be 64-bit :-) ... userspace will still be 32-bit ... --HPS ___ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list ht

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Wolff, Nicholas (Nick)
Patpro, Is there a reason your saying Frank can¹t use 64 bit version of freebsd? That cpu is 64 bit capable. The hw.machine and hw.machine_arch just seem to be reporting i386 because that¹s the installed software version. ‹Nick On 12/9/14, 11:12 AM, "pat...@patpro.net" wrote: >On 9 déc. 2014,

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On 12/09/14 17:24, pat...@patpro.net wrote: hmm my bad. strange indeed to read hw.machine i386 when it's 64 bit capable. Maybe you can build and install a 64-bit kernel only, and the re-boot, but userspace will still be 64-bit :-) --HPS ___ freeb

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread patpro
hmm my bad. strange indeed to read hw.machine i386 when it's 64 bit capable. On 9 déc. 2014, at 17:20, "Wolff, Nicholas (Nick)" wrote: > Patpro, > > Is there a reason your saying Frank can¹t use 64 bit version of freebsd? > That cpu is 64 bit capable. The hw.machine and hw.machine_arch just see

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread patpro
On 9 déc. 2014, at 17:07, Frank Seltzer wrote: > frank_s@xxx:/home/frank_s % sysctl -a | egrep -i 'hw.machine|hw.model|hw.ncpu' > hw.machine: i386 > hw.model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1035T Processor > hw.ncpu: 6 > hw.machine_arch: i386 You cannot use a 64 bit version of FreeBSD, so you must compil

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Mike Tancsa
On 12/9/2014 11:00 AM, Frank Seltzer wrote: real memory = 8589934592 (8192 MB) avail memory = 3400794112 (3243 MB) How do I get use of the full 8 gigs? What does uname -a show ? Are you by chance running i386 inadvertently ? ---Mike FreeBSD xxx.xxx.xxx 10.1-STABLE FreeBSD 10.1-STABLE

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Frank Seltzer
On Tue, 9 Dec 2014, Daniel Mayfield wrote: Run this command: sysctl -a | egrep -i 'hw.machine|hw.model|hw.ncpu? If you see ?amd64? in there, you want the 64 bit (amd64) version of FreeBSD. If you don?t, you?re out of luck. Dan On 9Dec 2014, at 11:00, Frank Seltzer wrote: On Tue, 9 Dec 2

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Daniel Mayfield
Run this command: sysctl -a | egrep -i 'hw.machine|hw.model|hw.ncpu’ If you see “amd64” in there, you want the 64 bit (amd64) version of FreeBSD. If you don’t, you’re out of luck. Dan On 9Dec 2014, at 11:00, Frank Seltzer wrote: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2014, Mike Tancsa wrote: > >> On 12/9/2014 10

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Frank Seltzer
On Tue, 9 Dec 2014, Mike Tancsa wrote: On 12/9/2014 10:19 AM, Frank Seltzer wrote: I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 that came with 4 gigs of memory. I have added another 4 gigs but there is a problem using it. The system BIOS sees the additional 4 gigs and apparently so does FreeBSD but I get th

Re: [Bulk] Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread patpro
On 9 déc. 2014, at 16:57, Frank Seltzer wrote: > uname -rm > 10.1-STABLE i386 Go 64 bit if your processor supports it. ___ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any ma

Re: [Bulk] Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Frank Seltzer
On Tue, 9 Dec 2014, pat...@patpro.net wrote: Hello, what do you get with uname -rm ? On 9 d?c. 2014, at 16:19, Frank Seltzer wrote: I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 that came with 4 gigs of memory. I have added another 4 gigs but there is a problem using it. The system BIOS sees the addit

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Frank Seltzer
On Tue, 9 Dec 2014, Frank Seltzer wrote: I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 that came with 4 gigs of memory. I have added another 4 gigs but there is a problem using it. The system BIOS sees the additional 4 gigs and apparently so does FreeBSD but I get this during boot. real memory = 858993459

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Mike Tancsa
On 12/9/2014 10:19 AM, Frank Seltzer wrote: I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 that came with 4 gigs of memory. I have added another 4 gigs but there is a problem using it. The system BIOS sees the additional 4 gigs and apparently so does FreeBSD but I get this during boot. real memory = 858993459

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread RW
On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 10:19:31 -0500 (EST) Frank Seltzer wrote: > I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 that came with 4 gigs of memory. I > have added another 4 gigs but there is a problem using it. The > system BIOS sees the additional 4 gigs and apparently so does FreeBSD > but I get this during boot. >

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Brooks Davis
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 10:19:31AM -0500, Frank Seltzer wrote: > I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 that came with 4 gigs of memory. I have > added another 4 gigs but there is a problem using it. The system BIOS > sees the additional 4 gigs and apparently so does FreeBSD but I get this > during boo

Re: Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread patpro
Hello, what do you get with uname -rm ? On 9 déc. 2014, at 16:19, Frank Seltzer wrote: > I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 that came with 4 gigs of memory. I have added > another 4 gigs but there is a problem using it. The system BIOS sees the > additional 4 gigs and apparently so does FreeBSD

Real vs available memory

2014-12-09 Thread Frank Seltzer
I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 that came with 4 gigs of memory. I have added another 4 gigs but there is a problem using it. The system BIOS sees the additional 4 gigs and apparently so does FreeBSD but I get this during boot. real memory = 8589934592 (8192 MB) avail memory = 3400794112 (324