Incorrect memory probing?

Bill Moran wmoran at collaborativefusion.com
Mon Mar 13 14:48:18 UTC 2006 

Complete dmesg is attached, but notice the memory probing:
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: real memory  = 5100273664 (4864 MB)
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: avail memory = 4124049408 (3933 MB)
The machine in question (a Dell Poweredge 2850) has 4G of RAM
installed.  It looks to me as if the "avail memory" number is
correct (after booting, other systems tools seem to show the
correct amount)

Is the "real memory" number expected?  If so, can someone explain
why it appears to see almost a G more RAM than is actually in the
machine?

(As a side note, I get the same numbers if I boot a i386 kernel
with PAE on this machine).

Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: Copyright (c) 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project.
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Wed Nov  2 19:07:38 UTC 2005
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: root at rat.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ACPI APIC Table: <DELL   PE BKC  >
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz (2992.71-MHz K8-class CPU)
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf41  Stepping = 1
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: Features2=0x641d<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,CNTX-ID,CX16,<b14>>
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: AMD Features=0x20000800<SYSCALL,LM>
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: real memory  = 5100273664 (4864 MB)
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: avail memory = 4124049408 (3933 MB)
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 2
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ioapic1: Changing APIC ID to 3
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ioapic1: WARNING: intbase 32 != expected base 24
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ioapic2: Changing APIC ID to 4
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ioapic2: WARNING: intbase 64 != expected base 56
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ioapic3: Changing APIC ID to 5
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ioapic3: WARNING: intbase 96 != expected base 88
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ioapic1 <Version 2.0> irqs 32-55 on motherboard
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ioapic2 <Version 2.0> irqs 64-87 on motherboard
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ioapic3 <Version 2.0> irqs 96-119 on motherboard
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: acpi0: <DELL PE BKC> on motherboard
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci_link0: <ACPI PCI Link LNKA> irq 11 on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci_link1: <ACPI PCI Link LNKB> irq 3 on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci_link2: <ACPI PCI Link LNKC> irq 7 on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci_link3: <ACPI PCI Link LNKD> irq 10 on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci_link4: <ACPI PCI Link LNKE> on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci_link5: <ACPI PCI Link LNKF> on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci_link6: <ACPI PCI Link LNKG> on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci_link7: <ACPI PCI Link LNKH> irq 5 on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci1
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: amr0: <LSILogic MegaRAID 1.51> mem 0xd80f0000-0xd80fffff,0xdfdc0000-0xdfdfffff irq 46 at device 14.0 on pci2
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: amr0: <LSILogic PERC 4e/Di> Firmware 513O, BIOS H418, 256MB RAM
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.2 on pci1
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 5.0 on pci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci5
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci6: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 2.1.7> port 0xecc0-0xecff mem 0xdfae0000-0xdfafffff irq 64 at device 7.0 on pci6
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: em0: Ethernet address: 00:11:43:d5:a4:1a
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: em0:  Speed:N/A  Duplex:N/A
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pcib7: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.2 on pci5
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci7: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib7
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 2.1.7> port 0xdcc0-0xdcff mem 0xdf8e0000-0xdf8fffff irq 65 at device 8.0 on pci7
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: em1: Ethernet address: 00:11:43:d5:a4:1b
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: em1:  Speed:N/A  Duplex:N/A
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pcib8: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 6.0 on pci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci8: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib8
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pcib9: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci8
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci9: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib9
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pcib10: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.2 on pci8
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci10: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib10
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhci0: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-A> port 0xbce0-0xbcff irq 16 at device 29.0 on pci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: usb0: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: usb0: USB revision 1.0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhci1: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-B> port 0xbcc0-0xbcdf irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: usb1: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: usb1: USB revision 1.0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhci2: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-C> port 0xbca0-0xbcbf irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: usb2: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: usb2: USB revision 1.0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xdff00000-0xdff003ff irq 23 at device 29.7 on pci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: usb3: EHCI version 1.0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: usb3: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: usb3: USB revision 2.0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhub3: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhub4: vendor 0x413c product 0xa001, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhub4: multiple transaction translators
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ukbd0: DELL DELL USB Keyboard, rev 1.10/1.04, addr 3, iclass 3/1
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: kbd0 at ukbd0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pcib11: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci11: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib11
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: pci11: <display, VGA> at device 13.0 (no driver attached)
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: atapci0: <Intel ICH5 UDMA100 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfc00-0xfc0f at device 31.1 on pci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: fdc0: [FAST]
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: sio0: type 16550A
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcafff,0xec000-0xeffff on isa0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: sio1: port may not be enabled
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2992709985 Hz quality 800
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: acd0: CDROM <TEAC CD-ROM CD-224E/K.9A> at ata0-master UDMA33
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: amrd0: <LSILogic MegaRAID logical drive> on amr0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: amrd0: 34680MB (71024640 sectors) RAID 1 (optimal)
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: amrd1: <LSILogic MegaRAID logical drive> on amr0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: amrd1: 209640MB (429342720 sectors) RAID 5 (optimal)
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ses0 at amr0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ses0: <PE/PV 1x2 SCSI BP 1.0> Fixed Processor SCSI-2 device 
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ses0: SAF-TE Compliant Device
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ses1 at amr0 bus 1 target 6 lun 0
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ses1: <PE/PV 1x4 SCSI BP 1.0> Fixed Processor SCSI-2 device 
Mar 10 14:56:40  kernel: ses1: SAF-TE Compliant Device

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