------_=_NextPart_000_01BE1EE7.1A112544
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Alan,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk [mailto:alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 1998 6:02 PM
> To: lei@bdc6.cs.iastate.edu
> Cc: jhutz+@cmu.edu; linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Problem with 1G RAM
>
> [2.1.130 kernel hanging/rebooting beyond 1016M RAM]
> It would. See include/asm/page.h for directions to building a
> 2Gig/2Gig kernel
Part of the comment says:
/*
* This handles the memory map.. We could make this a config
* option, but too many people screw it up, and too few need
* it.
*
This is bad. It *should* be a kernel option, just described
correctly.
The last thing people want if they bung that amount of memory in
their Linux box is to faff around with editing bits of the Linux
source code. IT IS NOT USER FRIENDLY.
Would it be possible to make the Linux kernel auto-detect "large"
amounts of memory and act accordingly? Or is this a "big job" ?
Tris.
--- Tristan Greaves (Systems Integrator) Enterprise Solutions ICL Tel: +44 (0)1344 472512 Lovelace Road Mobile: +44 (0)7970 194624 Bracknell RG12 8SN Mail: Tristan.Greaves@icl.com------_=_NextPart_000_01BE1EE7.1A112544 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
eJ8+IiMSAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNy b3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQWAAwAOAAAAzgcMAAMAEgACAB8ABAAbAQEggAMADgAAAM4HDAAD ABIAAgAhAAQAHQEBCYABACEAAAAxRTc2NDdDMUM3OEFEMjExODgyQzAwQTBDOTg0REM4NgAgBwEE gAEAGAAAAFJFOiBQcm9ibGVtIHdpdGggMUcgUkFNADYHAQ2ABAACAAAAAgACAAEDkAYAxAoAADQA AAADADYAAAAAAAMABYAIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAAFKFAADwEwAAHgAWgAggBgAAAAAAwAAA AAAAAEYAAAAAVIUAAAEAAAAEAAAAOC41AAsAJIEIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAAAaFAAAAAAAA AwAXgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAAAYUAAAAAAAALAACACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAAD hQAAAAAAAAsAHIAIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAAA6FAAAAAAAAAwACgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAA AEYAAAAAEIUAAAAAAAADAB2ACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAARhQAAAAAAAAMAHoAIIAYAAAAA AMAAAAAAAABGAAAAABiFAAAAAAAAHgAsgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAANoUAAAEAAAABAAAA AAAAAB4ALYAIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAADeFAAABAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAeAC6ACCAGAAAAAADA AAAAAAAARgAAAAA4hQAAAQAAAAEAAAAAAAAACwCogAsgBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAAAIgAAAAA AAALAKqACyAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAAFiAAAAAAAAAIBCRABAAAAbgQAAGoEAAC2BgAATFpG dSUcJ88DAAoAcmNwZzEyNeIyA0N0ZXgFQQEDAff/CoACpAPkBxMCgA/zAFAEVj8IVQeyESUOUQMB AgBjaOEKwHNldDIGAAbDESX2MwRGE7cwEiwRMwjvCfe2OxgfDjA1ESIMYGMAULMLCQFkMzYWUAun YwEwcxDAC2BuLAqiCoQKgD7UIC0eYk8FEGcLgAdAwwXQB5BzYWdlHmMd5jJGA2E6IAdAAHBAbEJ4 BbBndWsuIYB1zHUuIVEhoSBbAMADENh0bzog7yH1XR3mBmATAjAgwFRoCHBzZGHQeSwgRAWQZQbQ EoEEMDMl4DE5OTggSDY6MBRAUE0d5lQBItAgbGVpQGJkQGM2LmNzLgcwczsBkA6wLgmADHAd9UNj BSDAaiVwdHorQGM2bSHgKZE7KEALgHV4hC1rBJFlbEB2H5B4ci5yKqAsYSjwKZlTmHViagWQJTFS ZSDALlADYAJgJjAgA/B0aDUmwEcH8EEnhx3mWzK0LjEw8DMWUCvkIBPgMm4e4WcvGCAG4G90VTIR ICZQeQIgZCbAMLgxNk0vkiR1HeZJBUAidwhgbGQuBlFlIC0LgGMKQAEALykgbS87CrAfkC4vUAIQ BcBkaXsYIC4gaQIgBCAiwDLgdZcDEDcwMsFhMEcyRx7Qbi85QjFVHYpQCsAFQG/aZjfQaDWgBaBt B4ACMCIgH3B5czodii8quR2EIColUQQAMcJkKFBPN8E7kQeABGByeT8AYfRwLjVgVzuiNTE/cSvg zztxPiE4oAWgbmYe0D13/m8FMDeRJeA4EAVAIsA38PMDgT9gcGVCIChQPDAFAOMH0S8wIHVwJeA+ YULTvmYH0SwQCYA9dy8wLj12Zx2KPgM+IWJhNVE00ir8c2g1Ij3gJlA4kTFlQib8anUpMDcgB5AF ASZQRaXzBaE3Umx5SGFG/DWgC2DvSrFAwTLBQ3V3AHAFQAaQ/ztyP2A4EDLBL0ApUCDQBGB/T5A7 Mz8VC4EdkzuBN0AgdkwrkjLgb1JQPiE34Wb+YQEgINADYE+QM0AvIwmAfy8wMrMvMAQgO1VSEx2E c98IYSYgO7EBAEhiVDTQBfCETk9XAFVTRVIgcIBSSUVORExZTG3OV0AjREFJUXBvBBBLMF9DsTfh QHVVRTFWYSqgb84tAQAOsC4gICILYCFg/GUiHYRQJFTTPxVEsgDQ3VABYwWhOFJMQD9IcB6wW1Kj QNQiVKAy0GouwCL8ID9G+wUQKPAdih/XYoLLAZADoEcYIGF2B5FlH71lhCgGsCkwJjAEIEkCMK5l CcApUAWwKTBFRWcx7HJwYpE1oFMG8CqgN5NjaY4dhElDTGmPbC9UIywgIMArNDRmgDApazEgbaE0 AcA1DiAwRUz+b2TgC2BWUQgASEBsP3AyHk0uwAMQLnFtlTc5N2MWUCbQNDYybbAdhEKZZ3BjaywR AyBSR26R+DhTTnA/BdAikSVBZDTqLmSlQA3gbCjQA3A9dQUwRX14UAAAHgBwAAEAAAAUAAAAUHJv YmxlbSB3aXRoIDFHIFJBTQACAXEAAQAAABsAAAABvh7mZ7zBR3XUiscR0ogsAKDJhNyGAAA8zDAA AwAmAAAAAAADAC4AAAAAAAsAKwAAAAAACwACAAEAAAAeAEIQAQAAAEIAAAA8NDVBQ0QzQTM5NTk4 RDExMUJEMDkwMDEwQTgwMDA0M0YwMTM3OTBFMUBjbHVzdGVyMS50c2MuaWNsLmNvLnVrPgAAAAMA 3j+vbwAAQAA5AEAt+hjnHr4BAwDxPwkEAAAeADFAAQAAABEAAABUUklTVFJBTi5HUkVBVkVTAAAA AAMAGkAAAAAAHgAwQAEAAAARAAAAVFJJU1RSQU4uR1JFQVZFUwAAAAADABlAAAAAAAMA/T/kBAAA AwCAEP////8CAUcAAQAAADkAAABjPWdiO2E9Z29sZCA0MDA7cD1pY2xleHBvO2w9VFNDX0VYQ0gt OTgxMjAzMTgwMjMxWi0xOTk4NQAAAAACAfk/AQAAAFwAAAAAAAAA3KdAyMBCEBq0uQgAKy/hggEA AAAAAAAAL089SUNML09VPVRIRSBTT0xVVElPTiBDRU5UUkUvQ049UkVDSVBJRU5UUy9DTj1UUklT VFJBTi5HUkVBVkVTAB4A+D8BAAAAEwAAAEdyZWF2ZXMgVHJpc3RhbiBUTQAAHgA4QAEAAAARAAAA VFJJU1RSQU4uR1JFQVZFUwAAAAACAfs/AQAAAFwAAAAAAAAA3KdAyMBCEBq0uQgAKy/hggEAAAAA AAAAL089SUNML09VPVRIRSBTT0xVVElPTiBDRU5UUkUvQ049UkVDSVBJRU5UUy9DTj1UUklTVFJB Ti5HUkVBVkVTAB4A+j8BAAAAEwAAAEdyZWF2ZXMgVHJpc3RhbiBUTQAAHgA5QAEAAAARAAAAVFJJ U1RSQU4uR1JFQVZFUwAAAABAAAcwHsRJGOcevgFAAAgwRCURGucevgEeAD0AAQAAAAUAAABSRTog AAAAAB4AHQ4BAAAAFAAAAFByb2JsZW0gd2l0aCAxRyBSQU0AHgA1EAEAAABCAAAAPDQ1QUNEM0Ez OTU5OEQxMTFCRDA5MDAxMEE4MDAwNDNGMDEzRjcxQzhAY2x1c3RlcjEudHNjLmljbC5jby51az4A AAALACkAAAAAAAsAIwAAAAAAAwAGEKXrpvIDAAcQgAMAAAMAEBAAAAAAAwAREAAAAAAeAAgQAQAA AGUAAABBTEFOLC0tLS0tT1JJR0lOQUxNRVNTQUdFLS0tLS1GUk9NOkFMQU5ATFhPUkdVS1VLVVVP UkdVS01BSUxUTzpBTEFOQExYT1JHVUtVS1VVT1JHVUtTRU5UOlRIVVJTREFZLERFAAAAAAIBfwAB AAAAQgAAADw0NUFDRDNBMzk1OThEMTExQkQwOTAwMTBBODAwMDQzRjAxM0Y3MUM4QGNsdXN0ZXIx LnRzYy5pY2wuY28udWs+AAAAx4c=
------_=_NextPart_000_01BE1EE7.1A112544--
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/