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[Xen-users] RE: Xen-Kernel detects just 3.2GB Ram on a 64Bit Debian


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  • From: "Robert Lacroix" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 01:28:22 +0200
  • Delivery-date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:22:33 -0700
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I’ve tried Robert’s patch for grub but it didn’t solve our problem. We are using 8GB of ram in an MSI Q965MDO-FI. Applying the latest BIOS (v3.6) didn’t solve the problem either. Same behavior: Debian kernel linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64: 8GB, using Xen Hypervisor 3.1.0 with linux-image-2.6.18-4-xen-amd64: 3.2GB… Any other ideas left?

 

/robert

 

 

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by Robert A. Klahn Aug 02, 2007; 07:18pm

 

 

I ran into a similar problem in Fedora 7, x86_64, 16GB RAM, only

3GB+abit detected by Xen 3.1.

 

Ultimately, I tracked it down to a problem in Grub. I reported it on the

Fedora Bugzilla at

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=250299

 

But the shorter version is this patch to Grub:

 

--- grub-0.97/stage2/common.c.e820      2007-07-30 11:36:19.000000000

-0800   

+++ grub-0.97/stage2/common.c           2007-07-30 11:36:55.000000000

-0800   

@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@

 init_bios_info (void)                                                 

 {                                                                      

 #ifndef STAGE1_5                                                       

-  unsigned long cont, memtmp, addr;                                   

+  unsigned long memtmp, addr;                                         

+  volatile unsigned long cont;                                         

   int drive;                                                           

 #endif

 

> Message: 1

> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:18:18 +0200

> From: "Roman Konz" <drummermonkey@...>

> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen-Kernel detects just 3.2GB Ram on a 64Bit

> Debian

> To: "Peter Peltonen" <peter.peltonen@...>

> Cc: xen-users@...

> Message-ID:

> <313072780708020718k68386da4k851b2f20fe87fcd2@...>

> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

> 

> Hi Peter,

> 

> i have tried XEN 3.0.4 which is shipped with debian itself.

> Then i've tried to install the official binary package of XEN 3.1,

> and it gave the same error.

> Compiling XEN 3.1&its shipped Kernel also don't work.

> 

> I'm not sure, but I think it must be an error in the XEN Kernel.

> The same version (2.6.18) compiled without XEN support works fine with

> 8G of memory.

> 

> Now i have tried the evaluation of XEN Enterprise - same error.

> A Hardware-Failure is not possible because i have tried it on 2 (same

> Hardare) Computers.

> Is it possible, that the XEN-Patch does not support our Hardware?

> 

> Thanks a lot

> 

> Greets,

> Roman Konz

> 

> 

> 2007/8/2, Peter Peltonen <peter.peltonen@...>:

> > Hi,

> >

> > On 8/2/07, Roman Konz <drummermonkey@...> wrote:

> > > If I boot the XEN Kernel, Linux shows me just 3,2GB RAM, but if I

> > > reboot into the Debian standard Kernel, the memory is detected

> > > correctly.

> > >

> > > I don't know what to try next, so I hope you can help me :-)

> >

> > I have similiar problem on 32bit CentOS5 and 6gb of RAM: with

> > kernel-PAE all memory is indeed recognized, but with kernel-xen not

> > (which has PAE support also).

> >

> > But AFAIK 64bit OS should "just" work and see all your memory. Which

> > debian version / xen packages do you have installed?

> >

> > I will try next installing the 64bit version of CentOS5 and see if

> > that makes a difference in my own case.

> >

> > Cheers,

> > Peter

> >

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Robert A. Klahn         robert@...         AIM: rklahn

 

"Hope has two beautiful daughters: Anger and Courage. Anger

 at the way things are, and Courage to struggle to create

 things as they should be." -- St. Augustine

 

 

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