ia64/72128: 5.3-beta6 doesn't boot

Jens Axboe axboe at kernel.dk
Sat Oct 9 11:02:29 PDT 2004


On Fri, Oct 08 2004, Arun Sharma wrote:
> On 10/8/2004 2:24 PM, Arun Sharma wrote:
> >On 10/7/2004 11:02 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
> >
> >>This may be processor-specific.
> >>
> >>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=72128
> >
> >
> >I just tested that the 5.3-beta7 works fine on a 4 way Tiger with 1GB 
> >RAM. I don't think there have been critical bug fixes between beta6 and 
> >beta7 that affect the tiger. Also, on a 4GB machine, FreeBSD ignores RAM 
> >above 1GB.
> 
> I meant to say FreeBSD ignores RAM above 4GB physical. So depending on your 
> memory map, this may or may not be a problem.

I can verify my memory map in Linux, I'll send it in on the next boot.

-- 
Jens Axboe



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