On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:26:09 -0300 (GFT)
"werner" <werner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
1) When compiling for i486, one cannot select/configurate more
memory than 4 GB, menuconfig don't show items with higher values. My
own computer/server has 8 GB, but when I compile the kernel with 4 GB
and i486 then 'free' shows only 3.2 GB (no shared grafics, the grafic
card has its own memory) ...
interesting problem... 486's didn't have PAE so are limited to 4Gb of
memory... makes this a policy question more than a bug...
(in fact, if you configure for > 4Gb a 486 CPU will not boot... so
arguably the new behavior is correct!!!)