Re: Memory detection, a Supermicro P6DGU board, and 2.2.1 (vanilla).

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
22 Feb 1999 20:32:03 -0800

In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.4.05.9902212056580.464-100000@canuck.gen.nz>,
J. S. Connell <ankh@canuck.gen.nz> wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I recently got cranky at my old, slow Cyrix 6x86 and blew a bunch of money
>on a nice fast PII.
>
>However, Linux refuses to detect more than 64M of RAM on my new motherboard
>without being told how much there is. A quick survey of friends revealed
>that the whizbang new memory-detection code in recent kernels works just
>fine for them, yet not for me.

It's possible that your motherboard doesn't support the E801 memory
size call. If you're feeling brave, you can try the memory detection
patch I posted here over the weekend (broken for 2.2.1, alas, though
I think it's correct now) and have at
http://www.pell.chi.il.us/~orc/Memory/)
and see if that makes things work again for you.

____
david parsons \bi/ I have to reassemble my Compaq EISA box and see if
\/ the memory detect code works there. First I have to
find a Pentium Pro chip and some buffered DIMMs,
though.

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