avail memory is short by 1G on my FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE MP Dell

[Paul Saab]

Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
> I assume you are talking about the "phenomenon"  of RAM "missing" due 
> to PCI and other I/O mapping into the 4GB address space?  What struck 
> me about the OP is that the amount of RAM "missing" is more than I 
> have ever seen due to this.  My systems are usually 3.4-3.6GB of RAM 
> with 4GB installed, not 2.86GB (3005MB)...  So are we sure that the 
> PCI space mapping is the problem?
>
Enable PAE and you'll get all your ram.