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Duncan wrote: |
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> Then, look at memory model. Here, with current kernels, I have only one |
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> option, Sparse, evidently limited by my choice of hardware (Processor |
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> family and/or Supported processor vendor options, higher on the page, I'd |
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> guess or perhaps probed from the BIOS). However with older kernels, and |
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> presumably now if I were to choose hardware other than AMD Opteron/K8 (or |
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> choose a different BIOS option), there are Flat and Discontiguous options |
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> as well. Unfortunately, I can't tell you which options are correct for |
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> your (Intel) hardware. If you have multiple memory model choices, you |
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> may just have to try them and see. |
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I thought those extra options were just for NUMA systems and were about |
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how the memory from several NUMA nodes "fits together" ie whether it has |
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to form one continuos memory range or not. |
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WRT to original question, I'd update BIOS and kernel to the latest |
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version available and if that fails to rectifyy the problem, I'd try to |
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toy with kernel memory option parameters |