Re: kernel (64bit) 4GB memory support

From: Rudolf Usselmann
Date: Sat Dec 11 2004 - 05:14:22 EST


On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 17:06, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Rudolf Usselmann wrote:
> > Could anybody tell me which of the previous (non 2.6.9) kernels
> > do support 4GB of main memory in 64 bit mode ?
>
> 64bit kernels have supported >4GB since their ports inception, AFAIK.
>
> Your platform could limit this artificially, of course.
>
> Jeff


Yes, but it is currently broken (kernel panics). I wonder
if anybody knew which kernel does work for 64 bit and >4GB
of memory. I'm sure there must be people out there with
similar configurations to mine ....

Thanks,
rudi
(Tiger K8W, dual Opteron)

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