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DateFri, 28 Oct 2005 18:40:36 +0200
FromVladimir Lazarenko <>
SubjectRe: AMD Athlon64 X2 Dual-core and 4GB
>>>Thus, the question - would I be able to use whole 4G RAM with dual-core amd and
>>>kernel with SMP compiled for i686?
>
>
> Why would you use a dual core AMD in 32 bit mode? Just build an x86_64
> kernel.
>
> If you want to use 4GB in 32 bit mode, you *need* remapping (or you lose
> part of your memory). Remapping means you have MORE than 4 GB of physical
> address, which means you need PAE to use it at all.

Because I find my distribution's 64-bit release reasonably unstable yet? :)

Or can I somehow build an x86_64 kernel and keep using 32-bit libc?
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