Re: solution Re: lost memory on a 4GB amd64

From: Andrew Walrond
Date: Wed Oct 27 2004 - 13:02:05 EST


On Wednesday 27 Oct 2004 17:44, linux-os wrote:
>
> Could you please explain how memory is connected to only one
> CPU? I don't think this is possible.

The DIMMS are connected connected to cpu1. cpu2 accesses the ram with the
Hypertransport bus.

See page 9 of ftp://ftp.tyan.com/manuals/m_s2875_102.pdf


>
> Is this board for some new multiple-CPU specification? It can't
> work for SMP (symmetrical multiprocessor specification) unless
> both CPUs can access the same RAM.

They can. Its a sort of castrated NUMA board :)

Andrew Walrond
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