Re: Only 16GB of 20GB memory / RAM : found by kernel

Hanasaki Jiji <[email protected]> Tue, 9 Feb 2021 09:52:53 -0500
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.initramfs
Message-ID <CAMr-kF0cCndRDwsDUvbYS6iqHFhVRzhnL2OuWM9T_4HSK3v0JQ@mail.gmail.com>
Answers to the beow:
a- will post on that list. thanks
b.new system; so not sure if the 4.x kernels worked.  The debian 5.10
distribution image does boot
c. yes itts a x86 (Ryzen 3700u)

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 10:27 PM Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 2/8/21 5:25 PM, Hanasaki Jiji wrote:
> > free -g reports 17GB
> >
> > ROM set reports 20GB as does the below (4+16GB)   How to get the 4GB
> > bank to usable
> >
> > kernel 5.10.x
> >
> > ****************
> > dmidecode -t memory
> >
> > # dmidecode 3.3
> > Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
> > SMBIOS 3.2.1 present.
>
> Hi,
>
> a. wrong mailing list. Please try [email protected]
>
> b. Let us know if this failure is new for 5.10.x or not.
>    I.e., did it work previously?
>
> c. Is this an x86 system? Probably need to Cc: some relevant
>    maintainers, whether it's x86 or something else.
>    Probably also need to provide more boot log info, not just
>    dmidecode.
>
> --
> ~Randy
>