Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [bigmem-patch] 4GB with Linux on IA32 | Date | Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:55:38 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Yes, but we do can use 24:32 referencse (as > pse36_extended_selectors:offset). Each process may own a ldt that allow > him to own several 4Gb segment : code, data, stack, kernel mem mapped, > librairies, shared mem (X11/dga -> fb mem and IPC shm).
32bit large mode.
> We may have to hack gcc & binutils so they generate references against > new selectors. We may put the kernel mem region that the process see in
Thats probably four years work. You also need to do a large mode glibc port so budget another year. And maybe a couple of man years for the kernel.
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