Bug 13493

Summary:	/proc/meminfo problem NOT limited to i860
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	rwmcgwier
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.2
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description rwmcgwier 2000-07-05 12:16:24 UTC

After reading the i860 meminfo problem this morning, I became curious.
I did cat /proc/meminfo on my Athlon-900 machine with a Gigabyte
GA-7IXE motherboard (AMD 751/756 Chipset).  It had exactly the same
problem.  It reported a total of 64M when I had 128M installed.  I
added the append line as instructed and rebooted the machine.  The
mem total was then correct!

Comment 1 rwmcgwier 2000-07-06 14:06:32 UTC

I forgot to mention that I use S3 Virge video card in the AGP port on
the Gigabyte motherboard.

Comment 2 Alan Cox 2000-09-16 22:14:34 UTC

Another motherboard that doesnt get E801 memory reporting right. mem= is the
right answer. 2.4 will use the E820 interface which should work right (since
windows uses it)