Subject: Re: which port to install (amd opteron dual core)
To: Zafer Aydogan <zafer.aydogan@gmail.com>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: port-amd64
Date: 07/20/2006 06:53:22
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On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 03:33:04AM +0200, Zafer Aydogan wrote:
> Memory Hole.

But what for?  Graphic adapter memory?  I want to know the technical
reason, not the fact.

> 2006/7/20, Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>:
> >On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 11:48:50PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 01:51:04PM +0300, Jukka Marin wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Just got a new toy^H^H^Hdesktop system.  I'm looking for advice on
> >> > selecting the best NetBSD version for a dual-core Opteron machine.
> >> > This thing has 4 GB of RAM - do I need a 64-bit NetBSD version (amd6=
4?)
> >> > to be able to use all RAM?
> >>
> >> Yes, with i386 you'll only see something like 3GB.
> >
> >Why that?  I received a set of Dell Precision 690 the other day, and
> >noticed that NetBSD/i386's INSTALL only saw about 3GB.  I wonder why.

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Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.

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