Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory
--On Thursday, September 27, 2007 06:35:53 +0100 Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Erich Dollansky wrote: Paul Schmehl wrote: --On September 26, 2007 9:06:57 PM -0700 Eric Osterweil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Eric Osterweil wrote: make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB of it. Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. Ahh... To do this, do I just specify the CPUTYPE in the /etc/make.conf as: CPUTYPE=amd64 ? No. Add options SMP to GENERIC or use the SMP conf file that's already there (and includes GENERIC). Then recompile the kernel per the handbook. he still has to set the CPU type also in this config file to amd64. If the OP has installed FreeBSD i386 then changing the CPU type in /etc/make.conf won't magically get him FreeBSD amd64 --- it will just get him FreeBSD i386 optimized for AMD processors running in 32bit mode. As far as I know, there is no simple way to start with a 32-bit system and the FreeBSD sources and recompile and reinstall everything into a 64-bit system. (Although the opposite direction is apparently possible on 7-CURRENT, but it's a guru-only level of difficulty.) The best and most effective answer here is to start by downloading an amd64 installation CD and redo the whole thing from scratch. Thanks, Matthew. Guess I should stop assuming that the OP used the right distro to begin with -- Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory
I've recently taken ownership of a server (dual Opterons) in my research group. Whereas it was previously running linux, it is now running FreeBSD. Everything seems to be going great, except linux was able to make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB of it. Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? use FreeBSD/amd64 not i386. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dual Opterons don't see all memory
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey everyone, I've recently taken ownership of a server (dual Opterons) in my research group. Whereas it was previously running linux, it is now running FreeBSD. Everything seems to be going great, except linux was able to make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB of it. Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? I'm happy to copy and paste any information I can to see if anyone can help, but for starters, here's the head of dmesg: # dmesg | head -40 Copyright (c) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 246 (1992.65-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = AuthenticAMD Id = 0xf5a Stepping = 10 Features=0x78bfbffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE, MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2 AMD Features=0xe0500800SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,LM,3DNow+,3DNow real memory = 4227792896 (4031 MB) avail memory = 4139991040 (3948 MB) ACPI APIC Table: A M I OEMAPIC FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 MADT: Forcing active-low polarity and level trigger for SCI ioapic0 Version 1.1 irqs 0-23 on motherboard ioapic1 Version 1.1 irqs 24-27 on motherboard ioapic2 Version 1.1 irqs 28-31 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) acpi0: A M I OEMRSDT on motherboard acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter ACPI-fast frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: 24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz port 0x5008-0x500b on acpi0 cpu0: ACPI CPU on acpi0 acpi_throttle0: ACPI CPU Throttling on cpu0 cpu1: ACPI CPU on acpi0 pcib0: ACPI Host-PCI bridge port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: ACPI PCI bus on pcib0 pcib1: ACPI PCI-PCI bridge at device 6.0 on pci0 pci3: ACPI PCI bus on pcib1 ohci0: OHCI (generic) USB controller mem 0xfeafc000-0xfeafcfff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci3 ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support usb0: OHCI (generic) USB controller on ohci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: AMD OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 Eric -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFG+yIEK/tq6CJjZQIRAheHAJ4peCDmRvoyqlWvdfaC0ED31uZHeACfUoWp hMzExpJUMw+sp+qu5LWogSI= =xavJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory
Hi, Eric Osterweil wrote: make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB of it. Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. real memory = 4227792896 (4031 MB) avail memory = 4139991040 (3948 MB) Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory
I have the same problem on a intel duo x6850 what options/flags do I need to set in /usr/src/Makefile and/or /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC to make it compile 64 bit not 32? --Aryeh PS I think some of the nvidia issues I have posted might be due to this On 9/27/07, Erich Dollansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Eric Osterweil wrote: make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB of it. Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. real memory = 4227792896 (4031 MB) avail memory = 4139991040 (3948 MB) Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Eric Osterweil wrote: make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB of it. Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. Ahh... To do this, do I just specify the CPUTYPE in the /etc/ make.conf as: CPUTYPE=amd64 ? Thanks a lot for the quick response! Eric -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFG+yxhK/tq6CJjZQIRAjpiAKCInEOQtDgn4o6yU1T/8gyaeCqFPQCfdJK5 6q5BBIEz+Kqq3O8nB3LmDFE= =hU8Z -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory
--On September 26, 2007 9:06:57 PM -0700 Eric Osterweil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Eric Osterweil wrote: make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB of it. Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. Ahh... To do this, do I just specify the CPUTYPE in the /etc/make.conf as: CPUTYPE=amd64 ? No. Add options SMP to GENERIC or use the SMP conf file that's already there (and includes GENERIC). Then recompile the kernel per the handbook. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 26, 2007, at 9:20 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On September 26, 2007 9:06:57 PM -0700 Eric Osterweil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Eric Osterweil wrote: make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB of it. Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. Ahh... To do this, do I just specify the CPUTYPE in the /etc/ make.conf as: CPUTYPE=amd64 ? No. Add options SMP to GENERIC or use the SMP conf file that's already there (and includes GENERIC). Then recompile the kernel per the handbook. That was the first thing I did. This is the kernel that's failing to see the memory. :-/ Is there anything else I might need to do too? Eric -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFG+zAzK/tq6CJjZQIRAi7/AKCNt/t1rDreSpku/RzhZBi4EK+pcQCfUHdU IZk9CxLq9BlLb0IUWUBkuN8= =Vobp -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory
Hi, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On September 26, 2007 9:06:57 PM -0700 Eric Osterweil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Eric Osterweil wrote: make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB of it. Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. Ahh... To do this, do I just specify the CPUTYPE in the /etc/make.conf as: CPUTYPE=amd64 ? No. Add options SMP to GENERIC or use the SMP conf file that's already there (and includes GENERIC). Then recompile the kernel per the handbook. he still has to set the CPU type also in this config file to amd64. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Erich Dollansky wrote: Paul Schmehl wrote: --On September 26, 2007 9:06:57 PM -0700 Eric Osterweil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Eric Osterweil wrote: make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB of it. Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. Ahh... To do this, do I just specify the CPUTYPE in the /etc/make.conf as: CPUTYPE=amd64 ? No. Add options SMP to GENERIC or use the SMP conf file that's already there (and includes GENERIC). Then recompile the kernel per the handbook. he still has to set the CPU type also in this config file to amd64. If the OP has installed FreeBSD i386 then changing the CPU type in /etc/make.conf won't magically get him FreeBSD amd64 --- it will just get him FreeBSD i386 optimized for AMD processors running in 32bit mode. As far as I know, there is no simple way to start with a 32-bit system and the FreeBSD sources and recompile and reinstall everything into a 64-bit system. (Although the opposite direction is apparently possible on 7-CURRENT, but it's a guru-only level of difficulty.) The best and most effective answer here is to start by downloading an amd64 installation CD and redo the whole thing from scratch. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG+0E58Mjk52CukIwRCETCAKCMup1KJEH3jZNewCNG0Faz2IqiLACdGvpc ObU/d7KOx+4qvJ3IY/QcsTY= =1mOs -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:35 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Erich Dollansky wrote: Paul Schmehl wrote: --On September 26, 2007 9:06:57 PM -0700 Eric Osterweil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Eric Osterweil wrote: snip Ahh... To do this, do I just specify the CPUTYPE in the /etc/ make.conf as: CPUTYPE=amd64 ? No. Add options SMP to GENERIC or use the SMP conf file that's already there (and includes GENERIC). Then recompile the kernel per the handbook. he still has to set the CPU type also in this config file to amd64. If the OP has installed FreeBSD i386 then changing the CPU type in /etc/make.conf won't magically get him FreeBSD amd64 --- it will just get him FreeBSD i386 optimized for AMD processors running in 32bit mode. As far as I know, there is no simple way to start with a 32-bit system and the FreeBSD sources and recompile and reinstall everything into a 64-bit system. (Although the opposite direction is apparently possible on 7-CURRENT, but it's a guru-only level of difficulty.) The best and most effective answer here is to start by downloading an amd64 installation CD and redo the whole thing from scratch. Cheers, Matthew Ahh... gotcha. I guess it's good that I asked before I loaded the machine up and invested a lot of time in it. I can nuke it if that's what has to be done. Thanks, Eric -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFG+0UIK/tq6CJjZQIRAuwwAJ9X0MIlij9g+O6TNvflq1dOAE+GMwCeJDpL PVjv3wiYxhbrj01FcPqwzDw= =ySXY -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
