Hi,
Every so often, the question of how to run Linux on a machine with alot
of memory (>900mb or so) comes up. Wouldn't it be nice if you could point
them to a file in Documentation/? If this patch makes it into the kernel,
you will be able to. Feedback? (Note, my myrdraal@deathsdoor.com email
seems to be non-functional. So don't mail me there.)
-Myrdraal
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+ x86 BIG MEMORY DOCUMENTATION v1.0
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+ [Sat May 16 22:08:34 EDT 1998]
+
+* What is the purpose of this document?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The purpose of this document is to tell you how to set up Linux to work on
+x86 machines with more then 950MB of RAM. If you do *not* have more then
+950MB of RAM, you do not need to read any further.
+
+* Okay, so what do I need to change?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+What you need to do is edit include/asm-i386/page.h and arch/i386/vmlinux.lds
+and change where it has '0xC0000000' to some other value. Note that this
+is in hexadecimal.
+
+* What does '0xC0000000' mean?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+0xC0000000 indicates that the kernel has a virtual address space of 1GB,
+which means that the physical memory the kernel can use is limited to 950MB.
+
+* So, what am I supposed to change it to?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Well, for example, if you have 2GB of physical memory, you could change
+it to 0x70000000. This would give your kernel slightly more then 2GB
+of virtual memory. This is enough to map all your physical memory, plus
+a bit more for various I/O memory mappings.
+
+* I have more questions, who can I ask?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+You may feel free to send email to myrdraal@deathsdoor.com, and I will
+respond as soon as possible. If that email address does not work, use
+myrdraal@jackalz.dyn.ml.org.
+ -Myrdraal
+
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