Re: avail memory is short by 1G on my FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE MP Dell

From: Paul Saab (ps_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 11/21/05

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To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>

    Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
    > I assume you are talking about the "phenomenon" of RAM "missing" due
    > to PCI and other I/O mapping into the 4GB address space? What struck
    > me about the OP is that the amount of RAM "missing" is more than I
    > have ever seen due to this. My systems are usually 3.4-3.6GB of RAM
    > with 4GB installed, not 2.86GB (3005MB)... So are we sure that the
    > PCI space mapping is the problem?
    >
    Enable PAE and you'll get all your ram.
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