Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory

2010-12-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:25:16 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Although you usually change the BIOS settings to not act broken just > > to appease rubbish Windows drivers. > > if you have a bios that lets you change stuff like that. > I meant to write "Although you CAN usually change the

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory

2010-12-11 Thread meino . cramer
Helmut Jarausch [10-12-10 01:09]: > Hi, > > I see a strange effect which puzzles me. > I have two AMD64 (~amd64) Systems. Both have 8Gb memory installed > as reported by their BIOS as well as by lshw. > One is a somewhat older Opteron, the other one a recent Phenom II. > But the output of 'free -

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory

2010-12-11 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Friday 10 December 2010 23:07:10 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:47:18 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > a) bios limitiation. Some bad bios implementations (even from expensive > > vendors) map the pci space into the 3.5-4gb or 7.5-8gb area. Stupid. > > Although you usually c

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory

2010-12-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:47:18 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > a) bios limitiation. Some bad bios implementations (even from expensive > vendors) map the pci space into the 3.5-4gb or 7.5-8gb area. Stupid. Although you usually change the BIOS settings to not act broken just to appease rubbish

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory

2010-12-10 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Thursday 09 December 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I see a strange effect which puzzles me. > I have two AMD64 (~amd64) Systems. Both have 8Gb memory installed > as reported by their BIOS as well as by lshw. > One is a somewhat older Opteron, the other one a recent Phenom II. > But the

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory

2010-12-09 Thread Michael Hampicke
> One is a somewhat older Opteron, the other one a recent Phenom II. > But the output of 'free -m' differs significantly > *snip* > Has anybody an idea where this comes from? Maybe some of the system's memory is reserved as memory for a onboard graphics card (on mainboard) which does not have it's

[gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory

2010-12-09 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I see a strange effect which puzzles me. I have two AMD64 (~amd64) Systems. Both have 8Gb memory installed as reported by their BIOS as well as by lshw. One is a somewhat older Opteron, the other one a recent Phenom II. But the output of 'free -m' differs significantly On the Phenom II