On Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008, Pawel K wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have 4 GB of ram and a Intel Core 2 Duo E4500.
> I compiled the kernel as follows:
> Processor family
>   Core 2/newer Xeon
>
> Subarchitecture Type
>   PC-compatible
>
> High Memory Support
>   Off
>
> All my remaining packages are compiled as 32 bit binaries.

you installed a 32bit kernel?

>
> The last switch causes my system to see less than 1 GB of memory:
> cat /proc/meminfo:
> MemTotal:       901816 kB
>
> AFAIK kernel does not need High Memory Support in case of 64 bit CPUs.
>
> What's wrong with my kernel config ?
> Maybe it does not run as a 64 bit CPU ?

it does. But it needs a 64bit kernel. And to have one you need a 64bit gcc and 
binutils and glibc and ....

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