Re: 2.4.0-Test2 Sparc Memory Problem

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> I have a Sparc 20 with 2 SM61 CPUs and 128 MB of RAM.
> When I boot with Redhat's 2.2.14-5 SMP kernel all 128 MB
> of RAM are detected correctly. But when I boot with
> 2.4.0-test2 the kernel only detects 24,836 KB.
>
> Is this a known problem with 2.4.0-test2 on Sparc? If
> not what should I do to further test this problem?

How is your RAM arranged in your machine? By rearranging it (check the
hardware docs) you can make more of it appear in the short term.

I have highmem patches for sparc32 that will fix this. They will be merged
in soon.

Anton

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