Re: Autodetecting more than 64MB
Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@sonera.fi)
Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:39:29 +0200 (EET)
Oren Laadan <orenl@cs.huji.ac.il> answers thusly:
> Hi,
> > Can anyone tell me if it's true that Linux kernels now
> > automatically detect more than 64MB of RAM? If so since which
> > versions was it implemented?
>
> It's in the code, and apparently usually works. There are some reports,
> though, about failures of the most recent kernel to autodetect more than
> 64MB of RAM (e.g. MSI 6120N motherboard).
Very likely the problem is in the BIOSes at these few failing
boards. The original BIOS memory amount lookup did go up to
64MB, and even though the new one goes way higher, BIOSes may
or might not, support the newer call at all/properly.
> Oren.
/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
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