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Re: [SLE] 32-bit machines hit physical RAM limit at 4GB?
  • From: Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:10:22 +0200
  • Message-id: <e6jske$b9h$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Bryan J. Smith wrote:

> While the VMM _can_ address the issue of _all_ programs using more
> than 1-3GiB or even 4GiB _total_ for _all_ applications, it can_not_
> address the program's issue of allocating more memory than allowed by
> 32-bit/4GiB pointers.

This is exactly what I've been saying right from the start.

> We're not talking programs that have to "work with" the kernel at
> "it's level" to allocate total memory in excess of what can be done
> for typical process user-space -- let alone _hard_ 32-bit/4GiB pointer
> limitations.

I didn't think we were, no.


/Per Jessen, Zürich


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