[CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest "Centos 5.9" version?

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

On 08/25/2013 06:13 PM, Steve Brooks wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
>
>> On 08/25/2013 03:15 PM, Steve Brooks wrote:
>>> Ok here is the memory and kernel information it doesn't state PAE yet it
>>> seems to recognise the 32G.
>>>
>>> [root at app2 ~]# uname -a
>>> Linux app2 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jul 10 05:31:48 EDT 2013 i686
>>> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>> [root at app2 ~]# free
>>>                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
>>> Mem:       3574676     425772    3148904          0      26748     266128
>>> -/+ buffers/cache:     132896    3441780
>>> Swap:      4192924          0    4192924
>>> [root at app2 ~]#  cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal
>>> MemTotal:      3574676 kB
>>>
>>>
>>> MemTotal:      3574676 kB = > MemTotal: 3,574,676 kB = 3.4GB, not 32GB
>>
>>
>> Btw., if you want to see if all device have kernel modules, use output
>> of "lspci -nnk".
>
>
>
> [1] I include the output of "lspci -nnk" below.. problem is I am not sure
> the best way to interpret the information. Can I assume that if the kernel
> picks a driver for a device i.e. the "ATA controller [0106]: Device
> [1b4b:9130]" then this is properly supported by the kernel *or* could it
> be it picks a generic driver that might / might not work properly? I hope
> it will work properly being an enterprise distribution?
>
>
> [2] I am still confused how given the kernel reports as being
>
>       2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP
>
>       and not a PAE kernel.. Why am I seeing
>
>        MemTotal:      3574676 kB
>
>
> Steve
>
>


[1] I can not help you with explanation about usage of kernel modules, 
but I am sure somebody will jump in.


[2] "yum install kernel-PAE" will install PAE enabled kernel and after 
reboot you should access full memory.





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