Re: kernel (64bit) 4GB memory support

From: Rudolf Usselmann
Date: Tue May 10 2005 - 14:52:43 EST


On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 16:07 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 10:56:25PM +0700, Rudolf Usselmann wrote:
> > Just curious, did anybody ever look in to this at all ? I keep
> > on downloading new kernels and trying 4GB of memory - still no
> > luck.
> >
> > I did file a bug report but didn't get any notifications at all.
> > I don't subscribe to the linux-kernel list so not sure if anything
> > ever came up or not.
> >
> > Is there a way to get this fixed ?
>
> How much ram do you see with 4GB installed running a 64bit kernel?
>
> What does /proc/meminfo show?
>
> How about the memory map dmesg shows at the start of boot?
>
> Len Sorensen

I do see the full 4G. With Fedora Core 2 32bit, I can use all
4G as well. All my problems started when I "upgraded" to x86_64 ...

Best Regards,
rudi
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