Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:27:14
Message-Id: 4d040861.db97cc0a.309e.ffffcf97@mx.google.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory by Neil Bothwick
1 On Friday 10 December 2010 23:07:10 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:47:18 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 > > a) bios limitiation. Some bad bios implementations (even from expensive
4 > > vendors) map the pci space into the 3.5-4gb or 7.5-8gb area. Stupid.
5 >
6 > Although you usually change the BIOS settings to not act broken just to
7 > appease rubbish Windows drivers.
8
9 if you have a bios that lets you change stuff like that.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>