Axt1800, total memory is 393MiB, should be 512MiB

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hello,

just got my new axt1800 and trying to understand it.

the good news, getting great speedtest results over my symmetrical 1Gbps fiber optic connection.

the axt1800 is advertised as
Memory /Storage DDR3L 512MB / NAND Flash 128MB

but i seeing much less total RAM, just 393MiB
please help me understand, thanks,
david

free -mt
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:         402312      130600      204068        2340       67644      223676
Swap:             0           0           0

cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal:         402312 kB
MemFree:          204068 kB
MemAvailable:     223676 kB
Buffers:           14784 kB
Cached:            44408 kB
SwapCached:            0 kB

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Because the total memory size allocated to the linux system is 430M, the rest of the memory is allocated to the Wi-Fi subsystem or other boot areas.
In addition, the linux system itself consumes a certain amount of memory to load and run. The part isn’t show in free command.

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thanks, very interesting.

that layout image, is for my router, axt1800?

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yes, it is for AXT1800.