Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:29:27 -0700 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: experiences beyond 4 GB RAM with 2.4.22 |
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>> Oh... Jens just pointed bounce buffering is needed for the upper 2Gs. >> >> Maybe you have a SCSI card+disks to test ? 8) > > Well, I do understand the bounce buffer problem, but honestly the current way > of handling the situation seems questionable at least. If you ever tried such a > system you notice it is a lot worse than just dumping the additional ram above > 4GB. You can really watch your network connections go bogus which is just > unacceptable. Is there any thinkable way to ommit the bounce buffers and still > do something useful with the beyond-4GB ram parts? > We should not leave the current bad situation as is...
It won't need to bounce buffer if you have a decent driver & hardware.
M.
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