Messages in this thread | | | From | Greaves Tristan TM <> | Subject | RE: Problem with 1G RAM | Date | Thu, 3 Dec 1998 18:02:31 -0000 |
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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.
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