Subject: port-i386/21037: new x86 biosboot.sym always reports just over 64MB ram
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <mrg@eterna.com.au>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/06/2003 12:31:32
>Number: 21037
>Category: port-i386
>Synopsis: sboot.sym always reports just over 64MB ram
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: port-i386-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Apr 05 18:32:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: matthew green
>Release: NetBSD 1.6Q
>Organization:
people's front against (bozotic) www (softwar foundation)
>Environment:
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
given 1.6L-era biosboot.sym, we get:
total memory = 66108 KB
given -current biosboot.sym, we get:
total memory = 635 MB
this machine is one of this funky video-steals-from-system-ram,
and has the same "total memory" for 128MB or 128+512MB ram,
with 4MB given to video.
>How-To-Repeat:
install -current bootblocks and not get much ram.
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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