Comments on: Both Lemote Fulong systems upgraded to 1GB http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/10/27/fulong-1gb/ The life and times of Stuart Longland (VK4MSL) Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:20:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LnxGnome http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/10/27/fulong-1gb/comment-page-1/#comment-1722 LnxGnome Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:25:43 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1722 I grabbed the 2.6.26.2 kernel from ftp://www.bjlx.org.cn/loongson/etch/kernel (since I'm running etch). There's also lots of other interesting and up-to-date sw under the loongson dir. I grabbed the 2.6.26.2 kernel from ftp://www.bjlx.org.cn/loongson/etch/kernel (since I’m running etch). There’s also lots of other interesting and up-to-date sw under the loongson dir.

]]> By: Redhatter (VK4MSL) http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/10/27/fulong-1gb/comment-page-1/#comment-1721 Redhatter (VK4MSL) Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:09:59 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1721 That's correct... the thing to tweak is the kernel. There's a kernel on my devspace at http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter/mips/loongson/ you can use to get things going quickly, it works fine with Debian (I dual-boot Debian and Gentoo on one of the Lemote boxes so I can use OpenOffice and Java) so that'd be an easy way to get going. That’s correct… the thing to tweak is the kernel. There’s a kernel on my devspace at http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter/mips/loongson/ you can use to get things going quickly, it works fine with Debian (I dual-boot Debian and Gentoo on one of the Lemote boxes so I can use OpenOffice and Java) so that’d be an easy way to get going.

]]> By: LnxGnome http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/10/27/fulong-1gb/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 LnxGnome Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:38:19 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1720 Answering my own question, I need a 64-bit kernel (arch/mips/lemote/lm2e/setup.c does zip/zero/nothing with highmemsize in the 32 bit kernel code). Answering my own question, I need a 64-bit kernel (arch/mips/lemote/lm2e/setup.c does zip/zero/nothing with highmemsize in the 32 bit kernel code).

]]> By: LnxGnome http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/10/27/fulong-1gb/comment-page-1/#comment-1719 LnxGnome Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:46:37 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1719 I have a 2E FuLoong. I installed a 1G SODIMM yesterday. I can see 1024M in PMON, before and after upgrading PMON, but 256 shows as LOW MEMORY and 768 as HIGHMEMORY (in PMON boot screen). I can `set` memsize and highmemsize to any value, which seems to get saved in flash, but after I reboot, PMON redetects 256/768 again, and resets those values. When I boot into Debian, it still only sees 256M. Any clues on what I need to tweak? I have a 2E FuLoong. I installed a 1G SODIMM yesterday. I can see 1024M in PMON, before and after upgrading PMON, but 256 shows as LOW MEMORY and 768 as HIGHMEMORY (in PMON boot screen). I can `set` memsize and highmemsize to any value, which seems to get saved in flash, but after I reboot, PMON redetects 256/768 again, and resets those values. When I boot into Debian, it still only sees 256M.

Any clues on what I need to tweak?

]]> By: Redhatter (VK4MSL) http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/10/27/fulong-1gb/comment-page-1/#comment-1714 Redhatter (VK4MSL) Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:54:03 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1714 That's correct, they come with DDR333. Apparently the RAM only runs at about 108MHz in a Loongson 2E box, so DDR400 is massive overkill speed-wise, but I don't know of a supplier of slower RAM in Brisbane. So DDR400 it was. That’s correct, they come with DDR333. Apparently the RAM only runs at about 108MHz in a Loongson 2E box, so DDR400 is massive overkill speed-wise, but I don’t know of a supplier of slower RAM in Brisbane. So DDR400 it was.

]]> By: r0bertz http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/10/27/fulong-1gb/comment-page-1/#comment-1713 r0bertz Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:09:12 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1713 Just checked the ram inside the box it is a DDR 333. :) Just checked the ram inside the box it is a DDR 333. :)

]]> By: r0bertz http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/10/27/fulong-1gb/comment-page-1/#comment-1712 r0bertz Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:55:41 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/?p=314#comment-1712 I have succeeded following your instructions. Thanks! I am going to upgrade my 2E box's ram, too. However, I can't find DDR 400 on HongKong's market. :S Will DDR 333 be ok? I have succeeded following your instructions. Thanks!
I am going to upgrade my 2E box’s ram, too.
However, I can’t find DDR 400 on HongKong’s market. :S
Will DDR 333 be ok?

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