ia64/72128: 5.3-beta6 doesn't boot

[Jens Axboe]

The following reply was made to PR ia64/72128; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jens Axboe <axboe at kernel.dk>
To: Arun Sharma <arun.sharma at intel.com>
Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon at freebsd.org>, freebsd-bugs at freebsd.org,
	freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ia64/72128: 5.3-beta6 doesn't boot
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 20:02:26 +0200

 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.
 
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 Jens Axboe