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Kernel-PAE not seeing more than 4GB

Tags: Centos, Linux, Centos 5, Kernel-PAE
We have setup CENTOS 5 w/ the Kernel-PAE so take advantage of the ability to address more than 4GB on a 32bit architecture.  I have verified that I am booting into the PAE kernel by typing uname -r and see "2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.centos.plusPAE"  I also tried booting into "2.6.18-53.1.13.el5PAE" and same problem.  The server itself on post boot see's the 8GB but when in Linux it doesn't.   Does any body have suggestion or ideas as to what I am doing wrong?

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Question Asked By: litog
Solution Provided By: ravenpl
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02.20.2008 at 10:40AM PST, ID: 20940541

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And how much linux sees?
Pleas post here the memory map provided by bios
dmesg | grep BIOS
 
02.20.2008 at 10:58AM PST, ID: 20940688
Linux only sees 4GB.  When I run top this is what it shows;
Mem:   4087288k total,   539200k used,  3548088k free,   124108k buffers
Swap:  2031608k total,        0k used,  2031608k free,   299776k cached
 
Below is the output from dmesg | grep BIOS

BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f400 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000000009f400 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000dfff3000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000dfff3000 - 00000000dfffb000 (ACPI data)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000dfffb000 - 00000000e0000000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fed00000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee10000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000ffc00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 000000011bfff000 (usable)
PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at e0000000 is not E820-reserved
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0096, last bus=12
PCI: Device 0000:00:00.0 not found by BIOS
apm: BIOS not found.
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0x0500-0x0507, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0x0508-0x050f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
Contact your BIOS vendor to see if the E752x error registers can be safely un-hidden

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02.20.2008 at 11:21AM PST, ID: 20940872

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For some reason, the largest address presented by bios is 0x11bfff000 (4.7GB). You sure bios is configured in a proper way?
Please browse through bios and check memory related option.
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02.20.2008 at 01:45PM PST, ID: 20942313
Upon bootup the BIOS does show 6GB Interesting (I realized that I entered 8GB earlier, that was a mistake, I meant 6GB).   When I run dmidecode it shows the memory;

Handle 0x1000, DMI type 16, 15 bytes.
Physical Memory Array
        Location: System Board Or Motherboard
        Use: System Memory
        Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
        Maximum Capacity: 12 GB
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Number Of Devices: 6

Handle 0x1100, DMI type 17, 23 bytes.
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x1000
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 72 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 1024 MB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: 1
        Locator: DIMM 01
        Bank Locator: Not Specified
        Type: DDR
        Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 400 MHz (2.5 ns)

Handle 0x1101, DMI type 17, 23 bytes.
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x1000
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 72 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 1024 MB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: 1
        Locator: DIMM 02
        Bank Locator: Not Specified
        Type: DDR
        Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 400 MHz (2.5 ns)

Handle 0x1102, DMI type 17, 23 bytes.
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x1000
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 72 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 1024 MB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: 2
        Locator: DIMM 03
        Bank Locator: Not Specified
        Type: DDR
        Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 400 MHz (2.5 ns)

Handle 0x1103, DMI type 17, 23 bytes.
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x1000
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 72 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 1024 MB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: 2
        Locator: DIMM 04
        Bank Locator: Not Specified
        Type: DDR
        Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 400 MHz (2.5 ns)

Handle 0x1104, DMI type 17, 23 bytes.
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x1000
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 72 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 1024 MB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: 3
        Locator: DIMM 05
        Bank Locator: Not Specified
        Type: DDR
        Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 400 MHz (2.5 ns)

Handle 0x1105, DMI type 17, 23 bytes.
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x1000
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 72 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 1024 MB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: 3
        Locator: DIMM 06
        Bank Locator: Not Specified
        Type: DDR
        Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 400 MHz (2.5 ns)

Handle 0x1300, DMI type 19, 15 bytes.
Memory Array Mapped Address
        Starting Address: 0x00000000000
        Ending Address: 0x000FFFFFFFF
        Range Size: 4 GB
        Physical Array Handle: 0x1000
        Partition Width: 0

Handle 0x1400, DMI type 20, 19 bytes.
Memory Device Mapped Address
        Starting Address: 0x00000000000
        Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
        Range Size: 2 GB
        Physical Device Handle: 0x1100
        Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x1300
        Partition Row Position: 1
        Interleave Position: 1
        Interleaved Data Depth: Unknown

So in part it does see it.  It's strange that it's not showing as available.

Thanks

 
02.20.2008 at 03:05PM PST, ID: 20942986

Rank: Master

You may require a chipset update or BIOS / CMOS flash.

Check if your BIOS is running the latest CMOS version by comparing your version information displayed at boot time to the manufacturers website.  

You can check which version your bios reports to the OS using this command:

dmidecode -s bios-version

 
 
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