Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 22 Aug 1999 21:32:50 -0500 (CDT) | | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | | Subject | Re: 4GB RAM WHY???? |
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On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 10:44:45PM -0400, Smc659@aol.com wrote: > > > Why do we need access to 4GB RAM? If your gona run databases that need that > > much use more powerful computers that have support for it. Maybe IBM AIX???? > > Thats what we use at GTE. I thought I saw support for this in 2.2.11 or > > maybe that was 2GIG. Plus the only MB's I have seen only support 1024MB. > > Maybe at GTE. The market is *crying* for large memory support on i386.
If the market wants to see it in the official kernel, it should send us a patch that does it cleanly. If the market has any sense, it'll quickly realize that it can't be done cleanly, at which point the market will decide to invest in a nice 64-bit machine.
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