Re: Issues with PowerMac g5 970MP

Yep saw it. https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ppc&m=151311724932380&w=2

real mem = 3221225472 (3072MB)
avail mem = 2021347328 (1927MB)

I have the machine not here.


> Yeah i know about it running in 32bit-mode, but even then it should be
> able
> to use more than 1,6G right?
> I have an iBook G4 that has a max RAM of 1,5G on hardware-basis which
> makes
> sense and all, but on a G5?!
>
>
> Also, did you see his dmesg? :)
> [...]
> hw.product=PowerMac11,2
> hw.physmem=2684354560
> hw.usermem=*2684342272*
> hw.ncpufound=2
> [...]
>
> 2018-03-02 18:37 GMT+01:00 Christoph R. Murauer <[email protected]>:
>
>> Hello !
>>
>> > I also can't use more than 1,6G of RAM, although there's more in
>> the
>> machine.
>>
>> That is normal (I have here 2 DP G5s) because OpenBSD runs only in
>> 32
>> bit mode (even the G5 is a 64 bit CPU). See
>> https://www.openbsd.org/macppc.html section History. The max RAM in
>> the G4 (G3 less) was 2 GB see
>> https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powermac_g4_450.html
>> as example.
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