[ltp] memory problems ?

[Kacper Wysocki]

On 2003.06.12 17:46, Glyn Kennington wrote:
> Gerard van Winssen wrote:
> > If I remember well a stock kernel can handle up to 1gig memory, for
> more you
> > need another kernel. You have 1024 mb now.
> 
> This depends on your definition of a `gig'.  It's easier for a
> computer to
> work in terms of 1024 than 1000, so the kernel limit is probably 1024.

Straight out of the help for High Memory Support, "CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM", 
in the 2.4.20 kernel:

" If you are compiling a kernel which will never run on a machine with 
more than 960 megabytes of total physical RAM, answer "off" here 
(defaut choice and suitable for most users). This will result in a 
"3GB/1GB" split: 3GB are mapped so that each process sees a 3GB virtual 
memory space and the remaining part of the 4GB virtual memory space is 
used by the kernel to permanently map as much physical memory as 
possible. 
If the machine has between 1 and 4 Gigabytes physical RAM, then answer 
"4GB" here."

I don't know if this is your problem, but I need CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM="4GB" 
on my 1GB RAM machine to be able to use the full 1024MB. 
A second possibility would be that your new RAM module is damaged. This 
could happen, even with brand new ones. 
Cheers,
	Kacper