[ale] Time to pick some brains technically

[Robert L. Harris]

In make menuconfig I'm seeing:
      (64GB) High Memory Support 


And thanks guys, trying to figure out some very odd machines that
someone build who isn't here anymore.



Thus spake Jerry Z. Yu (z.yu at voicecom.com):

> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 10:34:21 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Jerry Z. Yu" <z.yu at voicecom.com>
> To: "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net>
> cc: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Time to pick some brains technically
> 
> 	let me start it by asking the obvious:
> 	Has the kernel been customized for HUGE ram ? 
> 
> On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> #
> #
> #Ok, I have this:
> #
> #Debian 2.2 box.
> #
> #root at mail.acs:~# uname -a
> #Linux mail.acs.internap.com 2.4.19-rc5aa1 #1 SMP Fri Aug 2 11:37:38 PDT
> #2002 i686 unknown
> #
> #root at mail.acs:~# free
> #             total       used       free     shared    buffers
> #cached
> #Mem:       5936304     212056    5724248          0      97632 32236
> #-/+ buffers/cache:      82188    5854116
> #(swap irrelevant, deleted)
> #
> #(Quad-Proc, here's the last one)
> #processor       : 3
> #vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> #cpu family      : 6
> #model           : 7
> #model name      : Pentium III (Katmai)
> #stepping        : 3
> #cpu MHz         : 548.217
> #cache size      : 1024 KB
> #fdiv_bug        : no
> #hlt_bug         : no
> #f00f_bug        : no
> #coma_bug        : no
> #fpu             : yes
> #fpu_exception   : yes
> #cpuid level     : 2
> #wp              : yes
> #flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
> #mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
> #bogomips        : 1094.45
> #
> #root at mail.acs:~# cat /proc/pci | grep ^\ \ \ \ [a-zA-Z]
> #    Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 33).
> #    Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (#2) (rev 1).
> #    Host bridge: PCI device 1166:0006 (ServerWorks) (rev 0).
> #    Host bridge: PCI device 1166:0006 (ServerWorks) (rev 0).
> #    Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 8).
> #    VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC 215IIC [Mach64 GT IIC] (rev 122).
> #    ISA bridge: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge (rev 80).
> #    IDE interface: ServerWorks OSB4 IDE Controller (rev 0).
> #    USB Controller: ServerWorks OSB4/CSB5 USB Controller (rev 4).
> #    PCI Hot-plug controller: Compaq Computer Corporation PCI Hotplug Controller (rev 17).
> #    PCI Hot-plug controller: Compaq Computer Corporation PCI Hotplug Controller (#2) (rev 17).
> #    SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m (rev 1).
> #    SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m (#2) (rev 1).
> #    Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c985 1000BaseSX (SX/TX) (rev 1).
> #    SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-3960D / AIC-7899A U160/m (rev 1).
> #    SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-3960D / AIC-7899A U160/m (#2) (rev 1).
> #
> #
> #The problem?  The thing has 16Gigs of RAM (corporate app server).  If we
> #try to enable more than 6 it locks up hard.  I've played with the "mem="
> #function to let us get this far.  All the hardware has been pulled and
> #tested clean.
> #
> #Has anyone seen this and know a good work fix?  This thing has been a
> #pain since we got it.  The app is very memory intensive but I don't want
> #to replace it with a windows based version.  
> #
> #
> #Thoughts?
> #  Robert
> #
> #
> #
> #
> #:wq!
> #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #Robert L. Harris                
> #                               
> #DISCLAIMER:
> #      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> #FYI:
> # perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> #
> #
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> Jerry Z. Yu				+1-404-487-8544 (O)
> systems engineer			z.yu at voicecom.com
> is support, voicecom, llc		www.voicecom.com



:wq!
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Robert L. Harris                
                               
DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'


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