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FS#25603 - [grub][xen] dom0 doesn't see more than ~3.5G

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Konstantin Gribov (gross) - Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 12:57 GMT
Last edited by Ronald van Haren (pressh) - Thursday, 03 November 2011, 21:06 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Ronald van Haren (pressh)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
After loading in xen dom0 system sees only 3788000 kB of system memory. Looks like it's related to
http://www.howtoforge.com/make-your-xen-pae-kernel-work-with-more-than-4gb-ram-debian-etch-grub
It's related to grub.

Additional info:
linux-3.0.1-1
xen-4.1.1-3
grub-0.97-20
6G memory aboard

Steps to reproduce:
Install xen, boot under xen into vanilla linux-3.0.1, cat /proc/meminfo
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Closed by  Ronald van Haren (pressh)
Thursday, 03 November 2011, 21:06 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Additional comments about closing:  please try grub2. I won't pull any new features in grub itself.
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 13:01 GMT
are you using an i686 or x86_64 kernel?
Comment by Konstantin Gribov (gross) - Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 13:16 GMT
x86_64, of course
Comment by Jelle van der Waa (jelly) - Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 11:21 GMT
Xen isn't supported, i will assign it our kernel packagers and grub maintainer.
Comment by Anonymous Submitter - Sunday, 02 October 2011, 12:43 GMT
@gross: Does this issue occur with grub2-bios? Grub-legacy is unmaintained upstream.

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