After being away from OpenBSD for about 2 years, I recently decided to
take another look at it for a server I am deploying. The machine is a
8-way amd64 (Intel quad Xeon x 2) with 16GB ram. The BIOS and bootloader
correctly see all 16gb, but the kernel only sees 4.00GB (a very
non-random
Mike Larkin wrote:
After being away from OpenBSD for about 2 years, I recently decided to
take another look at it for a server I am deploying. The machine is a
8-way amd64 (Intel quad Xeon x 2) with 16GB ram. The BIOS and bootloader
correctly see all 16gb, but the kernel only sees 4.00GB (a
Travers Buda wrote
The developers need hardware to tackle this.
It may be possible for me to loan out this hardware. Where is it needed,
and for how long?
An private reply is probably better here as to not spam the list.
-ml
Mike Larkin wrote:
I see. Just for my personal reference, was this limitation documented
somewhere (just want to make sure I didn't miss anything)...?
If not, should it be?
Finally, did this limitation always exist? I do recall several other
posters mentioning that they had similar
Nick Holland wrote:
The amd64 4G issue is a limitation of the platform...at the moment. It
is being worked on, slowly, but there be dragons, and they all have to
be slain.
Nick.
I see. Just for my personal reference, was this limitation documented
somewhere (just want to make sure I didn't
* Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-02-11 20:47:47]:
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 02:04:20PM -0800, Mike Larkin wrote:
8-way amd64 (Intel quad Xeon x 2) with 16GB ram. The BIOS and bootloader
correctly see all 16gb, but the kernel only sees 4.00GB (a very
non-random amount, indicating
Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 02:04:20PM -0800, Mike Larkin wrote:
8-way amd64 (Intel quad Xeon x 2) with 16GB ram. The BIOS and bootloader
correctly see all 16gb, but the kernel only sees 4.00GB (a very
non-random amount, indicating to me an artificial limit is being
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 02:04:20PM -0800, Mike Larkin wrote:
8-way amd64 (Intel quad Xeon x 2) with 16GB ram. The BIOS and bootloader
correctly see all 16gb, but the kernel only sees 4.00GB (a very
non-random amount, indicating to me an artificial limit is being imposed
somewhere). Just for
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