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SubjectRe: [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs


On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Pim Zandbergen wrote:

> Justin Piszcz wrote:
>> That's strange, I guess different chipsets 'chew' up different amounts of
>> memory OR you have your DVT(?) (video-card memory/aperature) set to 256MB?
>> I have mine set to 128MB, in top:
>>
>> Mem: 8039576k total, 6187304k used, 1852272k free, 696k buffers
> Me:
> Mem: 7416672k total, 378988k used, 7037684k free, 13592k buffers
>
>> What type of memory are you using
> 2x Kingston KVR667D2N5K2/4G
>> and what is your DVT set to?
> GigaByte's BIOS config options of the onboard graphics controller are
> very limited compared to those on your Intel motherboard.
>
> I can only choose the graphics buffer size, between
> "1MB+1~2MB for GTT" or "8MB+1~2MB for GTT".
> I chose the latter. The POST says 9MB are taken for video.
>
> Not that it matters much, as the current i810/intel xorg driver does
> not yet support the GMA3100, so I'm using the vesa driver.
>
> Thanks,
> Pim
>

I use the exact same memory model. So it must be the difference in BIOS
MTRR/E820 memory mappings.

Justin.
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