Re: Case: 7454422: Re: Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH motherboards. (FULL DMESG)

[Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>]

Justin Piszcz wrote:
> > I think that mem=8832M would work as well, to make the kernel use only 
> > the memory that is marked cacheable. (It looks like this parameter 
> > takes the highest memory address we want the kernel to use, not the 
> > highest memory amount.)
> >
> > --
> > Robert Hancock      Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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> Is 8832MB a typo?  8GB of memory is ~8192MB right?  Did you mean 8132MB 
> or?  Intel wants me to flash my bios and reset everything to the 
> defaults to see if it is still an issue, I'd prefer to try the mem= 
> option first.

I think 8832 should be right.. As far as I can tell, the number is the 
highest memory address, not the amount of memory, and there are some 
holes in the 3-4GB region.

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Robert Hancock      Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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