On 14 April 2010 11:09, Daniel Mack daniel@caiaq.de wrote:
Thanks! So the only thing I can do for now is submit exactly this patch. At least, it helps you and it shouldn't break anything. The question remains whether this type of memory should be used for all transfer_buffers.
Is there any chance you could push this to -stable? I don't care because I always use the latest kernel, but the next Debian stable and Ubuntu LTS are going to use 2.6.32.
Any idea why is mem=4096m different than a regular boot since I have 4GB anyway?
On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 04:11:52PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote:
If you have 4GB of RAM then almost certainly you have memory located at addresses over 4GB. If you look at the e820 memory map printed at the start of dmesg on bootup and see entries with addresses of 100000000 or higher reported as usable, then this is the case.
Could you post the these e820 line from your dmesg when booted with mem=4096?
Daniel
This is the e820 WITHOUT mem=4096m:
[ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009ec00 (usable) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009ec00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000dc000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000bd4a1000 (usable) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd4a1000 - 00000000bd4a7000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd4a7000 - 00000000bd5b8000 (usable) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd5b8000 - 00000000bd60f000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd60f000 - 00000000bd6c6000 (usable) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd6c6000 - 00000000bd6d1000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd6d1000 - 00000000bd6d4000 (ACPI data) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd6d4000 - 00000000bd6d8000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd6d8000 - 00000000bd6dc000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd6dc000 - 00000000bd6df000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd6df000 - 00000000bd706000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd706000 - 00000000bd708000 (ACPI data) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd708000 - 00000000bd90f000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd90f000 - 00000000bd99f000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd99f000 - 00000000bd9ff000 (ACPI data) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd9ff000 - 00000000bda00000 (usable) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bdc00000 - 00000000c0000000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec10000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fed00000 - 00000000fed00400 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fed10000 - 00000000fed14000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fed18000 - 00000000fed1a000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fed1c000 - 00000000fed90000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000ff800000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 000000013c000000 (usable)
This is the e820 output WITH mem=4096m
[ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009ec00 (usable) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009ec00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000dc000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000bd4a1000 (usable) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd4a1000 - 00000000bd4a7000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd4a7000 - 00000000bd5b8000 (usable) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd5b8000 - 00000000bd60f000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd60f000 - 00000000bd6c6000 (usable) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd6c6000 - 00000000bd6d1000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd6d1000 - 00000000bd6d4000 (ACPI data) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd6d4000 - 00000000bd6d8000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd6d8000 - 00000000bd6dc000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd6dc000 - 00000000bd6df000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd6df000 - 00000000bd706000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd706000 - 00000000bd708000 (ACPI data) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd708000 - 00000000bd90f000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd90f000 - 00000000bd99f000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd99f000 - 00000000bd9ff000 (ACPI data) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bd9ff000 - 00000000bda00000 (usable) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bdc00000 - 00000000c0000000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec10000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fed00000 - 00000000fed00400 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fed10000 - 00000000fed14000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fed18000 - 00000000fed1a000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fed1c000 - 00000000fed90000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000ff800000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 000000013c000000 (usable) [ 0.000000] NX (Execute Disable) protection: active [ 0.000000] user-defined physical RAM map: [ 0.000000] user: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009ec00 (usable) [ 0.000000] user: 000000000009ec00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000000dc000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 0000000000100000 - 00000000bd4a1000 (usable) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd4a1000 - 00000000bd4a7000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd4a7000 - 00000000bd5b8000 (usable) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd5b8000 - 00000000bd60f000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd60f000 - 00000000bd6c6000 (usable) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd6c6000 - 00000000bd6d1000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd6d1000 - 00000000bd6d4000 (ACPI data) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd6d4000 - 00000000bd6d8000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd6d8000 - 00000000bd6dc000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd6dc000 - 00000000bd6df000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd6df000 - 00000000bd706000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd706000 - 00000000bd708000 (ACPI data) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd708000 - 00000000bd90f000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd90f000 - 00000000bd99f000 (ACPI NVS) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd99f000 - 00000000bd9ff000 (ACPI data) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bd9ff000 - 00000000bda00000 (usable) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000bdc00000 - 00000000c0000000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec10000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000fed00000 - 00000000fed00400 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000fed10000 - 00000000fed14000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000fed18000 - 00000000fed1a000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000fed1c000 - 00000000fed90000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] user: 00000000ff800000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
So basically the BIOS is incorrectly reporting BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 000000013c000000 (usable)
right?
Thanks, Pedro