Re: X86_64 + VIA + 4g problems

From: Carsten Otto
Date: Mon Jan 02 2006 - 16:31:59 EST


On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 05:22:12PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> When you not compile in the SKGE network driver does everything else work?
> skge supports 64bit DMA, so it shouldn't use any IOMMU. But I'm somewhat
> suspicious of the >4GB support in the VIA chipset. We had problems with
> that before. It's possible that it's just not supported in the hardware
> or that the BIOS sets up the MTRRs wrong.

How can I find that out? Can I provide any useful material? VIA KT800Pro
and 4GB RAM here..

PS: I am not the original poster, but have a similar problem.

Thanks,
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Carsten Otto
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