Isn't gran_size=64k equivalent to highlevel memory that the BIOS keeps for itself?
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Nicholas Skaggs < nicholas.ska...@canonical.com> wrote: > Vasudevan, definitely something funny with your RAM (or POSSIBLY a bug > with memtest). Do you notice anything funny while running the system? In > general after getting errors like that I would reseat my memory sticks and > see if they go away :-) Running memtest of course is also a good idea. > > > Nicholas > > > On 04/15/2013 11:57 AM, Vasudevan Kottilil wrote: > > Seeing this on both quantal and raring beta2 on a brand new laptop from > system76 (gazelle pro) after my previous desktop died mysteriously. > While booting it reports these messages > > [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 16M num_reg: 10 > lose cover RAM: -8M > [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 32M num_reg: 10 > lose cover RAM: -8M > [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 64M num_reg: 10 > lose cover RAM: -8M > [ 0.000000] gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 128M num_reg: 10 > lose cover RAM: 0G > [ 0.000000] gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 256M num_reg: 10 > lose cover RAM: 0G > [ 0.000000] gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 512M num_reg: 10 > lose cover RAM: 0G > [ 0.000000] gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 1G num_reg: 10 > lose cover RAM: 0G > [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 2G num_reg: 10 > lose cover RAM: -1G > [ 0.000000] > > Do these indicate a h/w defect? Before installing raring beta2, memtest > reported lot of errors and I killed it after the count went past a million > After installing raring iso, memtest ran over night with out errors (shows > 'pass'). Does installing new version of iso upgrade the memtest version > also? > Vasudevan Kottilil > > > > -- > Ubuntu-quality mailing list > Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality > >
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