Re: [suse-amd64] System memory missing - AGP card taking it?

There are some things that the BIOS can do to hoist one or more of the memory sticks above 4 GB, thus creating a hole in the memory map that can be filled by the framebuffer, PCI space, etc. Writing a BIOS to support memory hoisting is tricky and I don't expect that most BIOS vendors will support it until a larger part of the market buys machines with 4 or more GB of memory.

Thanks for the excellent summary, Mark. I must also add that some of the BIOS who implement hoisting cause mysterious memory corruption when it is enabled in the BIOS setup. So I cannot really recommend it at this time. -Andi